Software/Hardware upgrade and Complete Calibration & Maintenance

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate a contract on a
sole source basis with LabLogic Systems, Inc. Tampa, FL. The purpose of the contract is for the contractor to supply proprietary software/hardware calibration and maintenance service for various models of Hidex Liquid Scintillation Counter and Automated Gamma Counter Calibration for the Division of Radiation Safety (DRS) at the NIH. Hidex is the manufacturer of the Hidex 300SL liquid scintillation counters, 600SL liquid scintillation counters, and Automated Gamma Counters, and LabLogic is their authorized sales and service representative in North America. LabLogic is at the present time the only company that Hidex has given the required training and knowledge to perform the calibration and repairs on the Hidex 300SL, 600SL, and Automated Gamma Counter. To upkeep and maintain the new equipment, DRS is committed to the purchase of proprietary service and repair that at the present time, no other company can provide nor have the legal authority to do so.
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