NOTICE OF INTENT-Orsay Preventative Maintenance Service Contract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Orsay Physics, located in France, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a single source, for the purchase of a Orsay Physics preventative service agreement for scanning electron microscope called the NANOTES. The period-of-performance for this Orsay Physics service agreement is as follows:

Estimated Base Year: September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022

The unique technical specifications of this Orsay Physics service agreement provides a 12 month Preventative Maintenance Service Contract to ensure the proper operation of a scanning electron microscope called the NANOTES manufactured by Orsay Physics to include the following:  labor, travel, living expenses and replacement parts coverage (including system software and/or software updates applicable to Customers current configuration). Service coverage available Monday through Friday during normal business hours (9:00am to 6:00pm CEST, excluding designated holidays), with a targeted response time of less than forty-eight (48) hours for a call-out to site. One (1) Preventive Maintenance visit shall be included at mutually agreed times. Unlimited Technical Support via email, phone or web shall be available. Remote training shall be included. This coverage shall not include consumables but a ten percent (10%) discount shall be included as a part of this agreement.

The NAICS Code is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a size standard of $22M NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Orsay Physic for this requirement.

Interested parties who can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition.

If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by August 31, 2021. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to angela.hitt@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than 2:00 pm MST, July 30, 2021.