Service for Q-Exactive and Easy-nLC1000

Contracting Office Address
Department of Health and Human Services, National institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 6707 Democracy Boulevard, II Democracy Plaza, Suite 700W, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Description
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK ) Intramural Research Program, Advanced Mass Spectrometry Core Facility intends to procure on a sole source basis with Thermo Electron North America LLC, 1400 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 50, West Palm Beach, FL 33407-1976

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Intramural Research Program, Advanced Mass Spectrometry Core has a need to acquire a service/maintenance for a Thermo Q-Exactive and Thermo Easy-nLC1000 LC-011238..

NIDDK's Thermo Q-Exactive and Thermo Easy-nLC-1000 instrument pairing will be the primary instrument pairing used for peptide centric high to moderate complexity analysis for most of the remainder of FY2015 and all of FY 2016. This instrument pairing improves instrument interoperability and frees up other resources for other problem areas

This maintenance agreement must have a base year period of performance of September 30, 2015 to September 29, 2016. All work will be performed in the NIDDK Building 10, 10 Center Drive, 1st Floor, Wing CRC, Room 106, Bethesda, MD 20892. The agreement will include all replacement parts, software updates, labor and travel for the factory trained field service representatives and a 72 hour response time.

This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). The North American Industry Classification System Code is 811219 and the business size standard is 500. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type contract.

This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believed they can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow the NIDDK to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. An original and one copy of the capability statement must be received in the NIDDK Acquisitions Branch on or before 11:00 AM EST on August 7, 2015. No electronic capability statements will be accepted of can be mailed to the DK Acquisitions Branch to the address stated above. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed to 301-480-4226 or emailed to Linda Smith, Contract Specialist, Linda.Smith2@nih.gov . A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) [formerly CCR] http://www.sam.gov . No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference solicitation number NIHLM2015-579 on all correspondences.

Confidentiality - No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s)."