PerkinElmer Health Sciences Maintenance Services

Added: Mar 16, 2018 9:33 pm This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Centers for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Services (DLS), intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price maintenance contract to PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT 06484-4750.

The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The period of performance for this procurement is one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods.

The purpose of this procurement is for PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. to provide maintenance services. PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. is the sole manufacturer of the PerkinElmer scientific instrumentation that we need to have maintained and, therefore, are the primary provider of factory certified parts and equipment needed for repairs and maintenance. They have expert knowledge on how to repair this complex chemical analysis instrumentation. PerkinElmer has the technical and software updates as well as factory certified replacement components needed to maintain the instrumentation. Utilizing any other vendor for our requirement will significantly slow down the process of maintaining and repairing the mass spectrometers that are required for emergency responses. Only PerkinElmer's service representatives possess the specific training and knowledge of proprietary software as well as have access to specialized PerkinElmer replacement parts needed to successfully repair, maintain and update software on PerkinElmer equipment. Only PerkinElmer's service representatives are certified by PerkinElmer factory certified trainers and are kept up-to-date on system updates so that they are trained to repair, troubleshoot and maintain existing and new models of PerkinElmer instrumentation. The equipment list for this maintenance contract is an attachment to this synopsis.

PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. is the only responsible source capable of meeting all of the Government's requirements because they are the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. has been proven to be knowledgeable, reliable and efficient regarding the installation, repair and maintenance of their mass Spectrometers and associated equipment. Their field service representatives provide prompt responses to CDC's needs. PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. is the only source available to provide the mission critical services required.

As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps.com. We will only issue a solicitation to PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. However, all responsible sources who believe they can meet these requirements, may submit their capabilities and/or qualifications to Tonya S. Justice, Contract Specialist, via email to TJustice@cdc.gov, no later than 2:00pm eastern standard time on March 31, 2018. Reference solicitation number RFQ #2018-N-67961 in the subject line of the email. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and is solely in the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.