SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Multi-Year Service Agreement
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB620010-9-02102
- Archive Date
- 12/16/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Lohmeier, Phone: 301-975-8173, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), with Carl Zeiss SMT, Incorporated, of Peabody, Massachusetts, for the acquisition of a Service Maintenance Agreement for three (3) Carl Zeiss Systems being used in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Background The CNST Nanofab multi-user facility requires a service program to support three advanced Electron Microscope systems. These systems are used for research into Nanotechnology and are used by paying customers of the CNST NanoFab facility. Due to the complexity of these systems and extended down times to repair such a system, it is imperative that a quality service agreement be put into place to minimize disruptions and down time due to equipment/component failures, software glitches/upgrades and access to replacements parts be instituted. *****Sole source determination is based on the need for a multi-year service agreement so that there is a seamless year-to-year support program available to NIST/CNST and its customers. The CNST requires maintenance of three (3) existing Carl Zeiss Systems: 1. Zeiss Ultra 60 Scanning Electron Microscope; 2. Zeiss NVision 40 Focused Ion Beam; and 3. Zeiss Supra 55 Scanning Electron Microscope. The maintenance must include labor, travel, and replacement parts and to provide inspection, adjustment and emergency repair/maintenance to maintain the three systems in factory operating condition. Carl Zeiss SMT, Inc. is the only known vendor capable of supplying the required preventive service maintenance agreement. *** As defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, (FAR), FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all line items to NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001. *** *****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811310, and the size standard is 500 Employees. ******A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. *****No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by December 1, 2008 will be considered by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Shipping & Receiving, Building 301, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001, United States
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Record
- SN01705324-W 20081116/081114220616-f02960d539d634e5ec559c001fcb4633 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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