Service Contract for the Qtrap4K Mass Spectrometer

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with AB SCIEX LLC., 1201 Radio Rd REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065-1217 to procure one each Assurance Plan 1PM 4000 QTRAP System Serial Number U04440507, one each Software Legacy Plan 4000 QTRAP System Serial Number U04440507. The Research Technologies Branch, Protein Chemistry Section requires the renewal of a service contract for the Qtrap4K mass spectrometer, which is located in TWB I/1013. The purchased plan will include all parts, labor and travel necessary for remedial repair and one annual planned maintenance visit for the equipment. The contract will include telephone access to technical support within 4hrs and priority repair service response time within 48hrs. A periodic maintenance will be performed every year. It is designed to help maintain system performance and to help diagnosis any system deficiencies. Place of delivery is Rockville, MD 20852. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible, and replacement parts must be compatible with existing equipment. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that can provide the services may submit a response that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-17-830218) to Lawrence Bland at blandl@mail.nih.gov, by 3:00 pm eastern standard time Thursday, January 27, 2017. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.