Olympus AU400e Maintenance Agreement

Added: Nov 25, 2016 11:33 am THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE ORDER AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC intends to negotiate on a sole source basis and issue an order with Beckman Coulter Inc., Brea, CA 92822, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This purchase is for renewal of a maintenance agreement on an Olympus AU400e, Serial No. 5093473; POS: Service includes parts, timely maintenance and upgrade service on this instrument. The period of service is 12/1/2016 - 11/30/2017 with four additional option years. The Olympus AU400e clinical analyzer is an integral part of the core laboratories in the (CMPB) which provides diagnostic support to all NIEHS investigators. The proper functioning of the Olympus AU400e NIEHS will be unable to carry out the Pathology support that provides clinical chemistry for the research of the investigators at NIEHS. Beckman Coulter is the sole proprietary for the maintenance agreement for the AU400e and is not available from other sources. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability. Award is subject to approval of the Sole Source Justification. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or quotations; however, an interested party may submit a statement of capabilities if they believe they can meet the above requirement. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and contain sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can provide the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. All responses must be received within 5 days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative responses are received within 5 days of this notice, an award will be made to Beckman Coulter Inc. The NAICS Code/Size is 811219/20.5M. This procurement is to be processed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. There is no solicitation package available. No faxed documents will be accepted. For any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Tanya Shields via email shields3@niehs.nih.gov.