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J -- MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, INSTALLATION, AND MODIFICATION OF AUTOCLAVES SOL 263-99-P(GR)-0019 DUE 083199 POC Contact Patricia Pemberton, E-mail: pembertp@box-p.nih.gov, Fax: (301) 480-7250 WEB: http://facilities.nih.gov/contractaction.htm, http://facilities.nih.gov/contractaction.htm. E-MAIL: pembertp@box-p.nih.gov, pembertp@box-p.nih.gov. The National Institutes of Health, through this procurement, seeks to improve the response time for acquiring autoclaves and total maintenance and repair services for existing autoclaves by awarding a Source Selected, Non-Mandatory, Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery contracts for the NIH, DHHS and the Federal Government. The objective is to award several contracts for acquiring a wide range of goods and services at fair and reasonable prices for the Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health, components of the Department of Health and Human Services, and other Federal agencies. For the maintenance services, the contractor will bid, as a line item, full service maintenance and repair on each individual autoclaves listed in the current NIH inventory. This will require that the contractor furnish all of the necessary trained/experienced personnel, labor, tools, supplies, materials, parts, and equipment required to provide preventive maintenance inspections, repairs, and call-back repair services for each autoclave under this contract. The contractor will be responsible with his preventive maintenance plan and quality control program to ensure all of the autoclaves covered under this contract operate with maximum dependability and efficiency. Early detection and correction of deficiencies, proper repair and use of test equipment to prevent equipment damage will be embedded in contract performance during repairs, scheduled or unscheduled maintenance inspections. The maintenance services for the existing autoclaves will be bid as one lot. In addition to the maintenance service contracts for the existing autoclave inventory, the contractor will provide the same service at the same price for similar autoclaves added to the contract requirements. There should be two groups for this purpose, one for laboratory size and one for bulk size. The laboratory size is an autoclave with a door size equal to or less than 36" by 36" and the bulk size will have doors greater than 36" by 36". The contractor will also be requested under this contract to install new and/or modify existing autoclaves. The work will be done on a time and materials basis and the contractor will be required to furnish all the necessary trained/experienced personnel, labor, tools, supplies, materials, parts, and equipment required to install new autoclaves, remove and replace existing autoclaves, and/or modify or upgrade existing autoclaves. The contract should also allow the purchase of autoclaves and other medical sterilizers. The Sic code for this acquisition will be 3826, Standard Industry Code $500,000. The contracts will consist of a base year with nine (9) option years and is not subject to the Service Contract Act of 1965. The approximate issue date for this solicitation will be on or about July 30,1999. And the closing date will be August 30, 1999. The RFQ will be available on the internet at NIH web site, which is at the following address: http://facilities.nih.gov/contractaction.htm Please note that paper solicitations will not be issued. The anticipated award date will be on or about September 29, 2000. A pre-proposal conference will be schedule for August 13, 1999, at 10:00 a. m. in Training Room 1W77 at Building 13, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland. This meeting will afford potential bidders to clarify and discuss all questions and concerns prior to the submission of their proposal. If unable to attend the pre-proposal conference, questions and/or concerns may be faxed or e-mail no later than August 12, 1999. Posted 07/21/99 (W-SN357281). (0202)

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