SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Equipment Planned and Preventative Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area, Kearneysville, WV, 2217 WILTSHIRE ROAD, KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia, 25430, United States
- ZIP Code
- 25430
- Solicitation Number
- AG349BS100608
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2010
- Point of Contact
- TIMOTHY A SMEARMAN, Phone: 304-725-3451 EXT 341
- E-Mail Address
-
tim.smearman@ars.usda.gov
(tim.smearman@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, in Kearneysville, WV intends to issue a sole source purchase order with one option year to Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, CA 94404 under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, to provide all parts, labor, and travel required for the service and maintenance for the following mission critical equipment: Applied Biosystem 7900HT Sequence Detection System, Applied Biosystem DNA Analyzer Prism 3730, Applied Biosystem 3100 Genetic Analyzer currently being utilized in ongoing research. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Responsible sources with demonstrated technical and financial capabilities to provide the required maintenance/performance services to the Applied Biosystem equipment specified may submit a written substantive statement detailing the following capabilities: 1) demonstrated technical capability to successfully provide maintenance/performance agreements for the equipment identified in this notice, 2) demonstrated technical capability to provide manufacturer trained service technicians with qualifications and certifications to provide maintenance/performance services to the equipment specified in this notice, 3) demonstrated ability to obtain replacement parts for the equipment specified in this notice, 4) demonstrated ability to provide technical telephone support for the equipment specified in this notice, and 5) demonstrated past performance on similar maintenance/performance agreements involving equipment specified in this notice. Written substantive statements shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer by the date specified in this notice. No telephone inquires will be accepted. This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposal, and no contract will be awarded based on substantive statements received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparable source is more advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Justification for other than full and open competition. 1. USDA, Agriculture Research Service, North Atlantic Area, Appalachian Fruit Research Station and National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture. 2. T his action is to obtain a continued maintenance agreement for the following mission critical equipment: Applied Biosystem 7900HT Sequence Detection System, Serial Number 200101 and 100324, Applied Biosystem DNA Analyzer ABI Prism 3730, Serial Number 16108-017, Applied Biosystem 3100 Genetic Analyzer, Serial Number 1330-001. 3. Maintenance and Service of specified equipment is required to be provided by trained service engineers and technicians who are manufacturer certified to provide technical telephone support, provide all required remedial and emergency service calls to include parts, labor, travel, and one annual planned onsite maintenance visit in order to provide manufacturer recommended service. 4. 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), FAR Subpart 6.302-1. The supplies required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of services will satisfy the Agency requirements. 5. Only one responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy Agency Requirements, FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)) When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or for DOD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. The named vendor is the manufacturer of the existing equipment. 6. A Federal Business Opportunities synopsis is published in an attempt to identify other possible vendors that can provide the same results. The USDA ARS does not anticipate other qualified sources; however, should any responses be received, they will be evaluated to determine if they can meet future needs of the Government. 7. Anticipated costs are expected to be fair and reasonable to the Government based on historical procurement information. 8. Market research was conducted appropriate to the circumstances of this requirement with no other sources being identified as capable of satisfying the agency's requirements. Services were deemed to be available only from the one source and it is likely that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. 9. Selected vendor is the manufacturer of the existing systems. Reference FAR 13.106(b)(1) - For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. 10. No other sources have been identified. 11. An announcement of intent is being posted in order to determine if another source is more advantageous to the Government. 12. Data and representations included in this justification and which form a basis for this justification are complete and accurate. I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. /s/ 07/28/2010 Timothy Smearman, Contracting Officer
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 11861 Leetown Road / 2217 Wiltshire Road, Kearneysville, West Virginia, 25430, United States
- Zip Code: 25430
- Zip Code: 25430
- Record
- SN02221217-W 20100730/100728235928-780c0bd155d22e7a98b16eb6e80b3039 (fbodaily.com)
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