Zeiss'SS confocal microscope SRV agreement

Added: Feb 25, 2016 12:00 pm Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, including 8(a) small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, woman-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or HUBZone small businesses capable of providing a one year service agreement for the following Carl Zeiss Microscopy microscopes:

1. LSM 510 CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE - QUANTITY (1) EA
2. 510 NLO META SYSTEM - QUANTITY (1) EA
3. 510 META SYSTEM - QUANTITY (1) EA
4. 510 SYSYTEM - QUANTITY (1) EA

Interested firms with the capability of providing/performing, at a minimum fifty-one percent (51%), of the required service, shall submit a capability statement to assist the Government in determining in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b)whether or not this procurement will be set-aside for any of the programs described above.
The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code 811219 with a size standard of $19M. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide (a) capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the service above. Interested firms must be able to provide Zeiss replacement parts and be able to provide upgrades to existing microscopes components that will be used as needed. A copy of the capability statement must be received at the contracting office address/designated location: 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 5C01, Rockville, MD 20852 - ATTN: Tina Robinson or sent via email to robinsti@mail.nih.gov prior to 10:00 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2016. Capability statement must reference solicitation# NICHD-16-027. Submission by email must also reference solicitation # NICHD-16-027 on the subject line of the email. Capability statement/responses by fax will not be accepted. Any questions must be sent via email to robinsti@mail.nih.gov and must include solicitation# NICHD-16-027 on the subject line of email. Capability statements, etc will not be returned to firm/sender. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited.