Service/Preventative Maintenance Agreement Genius XE35 Nitrogen Generator System

This is a Sources Sought Notice only.  This Sources Sought Notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposals, or a Request for Quotations, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue an order or otherwise pay for the information solicited, nor is it a guarantee of a forthcoming solicitation or contract.  The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.  The USDA/Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is conducting market research to support the USDA/ARS/SEA, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, MS location.

Seeking contractor to provide:  One service agreement for Genius XE35 Nitrogen Generator, Serial Number 771061973 including coverage for the Genius XE35 Nitrogen Generator System.

Preventative Maintenance agreement should include:

• 1-2 Preventative Maintenance visits per year by an engineer
• All maintenance parts, labor, and engineer travel charges – Full function check – inclusive component retrofits carried out when applicable
• Compressor repair/replacement included when required
• Breakdown/repair service with priority on-site engineer availability – including all breakdown/repair parts, labor, and engineer travel charges
• Guaranteed on-site response time of 48 hours
• NO unexpected additional costs with no additional costs for any extra components required
• Online technical support

Period of Performance Dates:

Base Year - 12/06/2021-12/05/2022

Option Year 1 - 12/06/2022-12/05/2023

Option Year 2 - 12/06/2023-12/05/2024

Option Year 3 - 12/06/2024-12/05/2025

Responses should include:

Organization Name, address, contact phone number, e-mail address, and web site address.

Business Size. (Small business versus large business), other socio-economic categories such as Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB-ZONE), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB).

DUNS Number and CAGE Code.

Tailored capability statements addressing the salient characteristics listed with appropriate documentation supporting capability.

Responses to this Notice must be in writing. Telephone inquiries WILL NOT be accepted.

Interested parties should e-mail response to monte.jordan@usda.gov on or before Monday, November 29, 2021, no later than 3:00 p.m. CST.  Hard copies of the responses are not required and will not be accepted.