Service Maintenance For Equipment

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Beckman Coulter, Inc. 250 S Kraemer Blvd, Brea, CA 92821 to procure maintenance services for the following Beckman Coulter's equipment: ATBRCR Packaged Kit (serial#: A254530279); Fly-By BCR Kit, BNX; Scara Robot, 1.0M Rail (serial#: FXX-1208-3A-00004); Scara Robot, Extended Z, Extended Reach (serial#: FOX-1207-3F-00102); Automated BioRAPTR FRD Workstation with 8-tip/1536 Head (serial#: 141) in the laboratory. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.501(a)(1).

Optimal instrumentation function is integral to the completion of the many projects dependent on this equipment. To ensure this equipment is operational and will support the critical research in the laboratory, a maintenance service plan is required. Beckman Coulter is the original equipment manufacturer and have trained and certified personnel to handle all repairs to their equipment. This manufacturer does not distribute parts through any other vendors and the only way to obtain these parts/consumables, and software updates is through a maintenance contract with Beckman Coulter. This is not a request for quote. Offerors who can provide this particular service which includes but not limited to the following: on-site labor, travel, and original equipment manufacturer parts during business hours; priority on-site service support and technical phone support; and annual scheduled preventative maintenance visits performed to factory specifications may submit a statement of capabilities with past performance information. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. All responsible sources who can provide the same services may submit a response that could be considered by email (subject line to reference: NIAID-NOI-18-1867027) to Akilah Bullock at akilah.bullock@nih.gov, by 3:00 pm eastern standard time Monday, October 2, 2017. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow NIAID to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. All responses received by the closing date of this solicitation 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.