Service maintenance for Sorter instrument

Solicitation #
HHSN-NIH-CCOPC-SBSS-19-005881

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Background Information
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's foremost federally funded biomedical research institution. It is comprised of twenty-seven Institutes and Centers. The NIH Clinical Center (CC) is the onsite hospital for the NIH campus, providing full support for clinical studies in inpatient and outpatient settings. The NIH CC is an 870,000 square-foot facility with the capacity to serve 240 inpatient beds and 82 day-hospital stations.

The Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD) was established in November 1977 to provide medical care for critically ill patients throughout the Clinical Center who have potentially reversible medical problems. Critical care medicine may be defined as the observation, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with overt or potential failure of vital functions.

The Department is currently composed of the following sections:

Clinical Medical Services
Critical Care Therapy and Respiratory Care
Research Section
AIDS Section
Administrative Services

CCMD Mission
To provide high quality and cost effective clinical service that meets the needs of CC patients and NIH Institutes, to facilitate the research goals of NIH Institutes and investigators, and to conduct high quality research and training in Critical Care Medicine.

Objective:
This contract is to provide Instrument service agreement for Sorter Biotechnology System
Scope of Work
Preventive maintenance only, as unit is already covered under manufacturer's warranty. Coverage hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM local time, excluding
Biotechnology holidays. Routine preventative maintenance is the responsibility of the
Customer.
Tasks that are considered routine maintenance and the responsibility of the Customer include, but are not limited as follows:
• Replacing sheath filters
• Replacing hydrophobic air filters
• Replacing sample lines
• Cleaning optics
• Cleaning tanks
• Sterilizing or cleaning fluidic system
Response time
For on-site support, our goal is for a qualified technician to arrive on-site within 72 hours of dispatch.

Respondents must respond to this notice by February 22, 2019 at 12:00 pm Est

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Primary Point of Contact
Priscilla Abalos Contract Specialist
Phone Number 301/594/5918

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