Sole source - maintenance and repair service on the zeiss nvision 40 crossbeam (SN NV40-3813) and the zeiss LEO 1430 SEM (SN 1430-0504)

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Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division plans to enter into a contract with Carl Zeiss Microscopy, 1 Zeiss Drive, Thornwood, NY 10594. This will be a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a min of 1 year of service, and a maximum of five years of service.

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division has a requirement for maintenance and repair on two pieces of equipment - Zeiss NVision40 Crossbeam (NV40-3813) and the Zeiss Leo 1430 SEM (1430-0504) in accordance with NSWC Crane Statement of Work.

A firm fixed-price, five- year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) commercial service contract is anticipated. FAR 13.5 procedures will be utilized. The minimum for the contract is award of CLIN 0001 for one year of service. The maximum for the contract is five years of service. Inspection and acceptance is to be at destination with delivery F.O.B destination.

This requirement will be negotiated on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C 2304 (c) (1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The basis for restricting competition is that only Zeiss service engineers have the needed access to proprietary schematics and engineering drawings that are required to maintain and service the two Zeiss instruments.

The Contractor must be properly registered in the Government System for Award Management (SAM) to receive an award.

No solicitation will be available at FedBizOpps and no hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.

Offers must be submitted in the format specified in the solicitation. It is the responsibility of the offeror to submit offers to the Point of Contact (POC) at NSWC Crane.

The POC is Ms. Ellen McDaniel, Code CXNM at Tel: 812-854-5315 or email: ellen.mcdaniel@navy.mil. Reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice.

Contracting Office Address:

Code CXNM, Building 2035

300 Highway 361

Crane, IN 47522-5000