Notice of Intent to Issue Sole Source Award for Agilent Gas Chromatograph

The Department of Labor, Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), intends to award a sole source contract under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) - Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available, to Agilent Technologies, 2850 Centerville Road BU3-2, Wilmington, DE 19808-1610, for a an Agilent 7890B Series Gas Chromatograph with an OpenLab CDS ChemStation Edition Workstation which includes software and core license. This software is currently used on gas chromatographs at numerous facilities throughout the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA). The analysis of gas samples via gas chromatography is critical to the safety and health of the nation's miners and MSHA personnel involved with the mine recovery operations during and after a mine emergency operation (MEO) event. For continuity purposes and to eliminate potential errors at a mine emergency, all gas chromatographs are currently configured to operate using ChemStation software, which is proprietary to Agilent Technologies. As such, Agilent Technologies is the only source that can provide the required gas chromatograph and software.

This action will result in a firm fixed price contract with delivery approximately 4 weeks after award. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

This Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There is no solicitation document. No RFP will be available for competitive proposals. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Contracting Officer Rhonda Sizemore, who can be reached at Sizemore.Rhonda@dol.gov. Please reference "Response to Notice of Intent for Agilent Technologies" in the subject line of any e-mails. Interested parties may express their interest and provide a capabilities statement NLT Friday, March 15, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EST. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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