This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; the size standard is 750 employees.

The FBI requires a Gerstel Multipurpose Autosampler that is capable of performing Liquid and Headspace injection, Interface on an Agilent gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer, XYZ robot based Autosampler that provides everything needed to perform standard liquid and headspace injections, heated agitator, wash station and universal syringe holders for liquid and headspace syringes and tray for 1, 2, 10 and 20 mL vials, fully integrated into Agilent Chemstation software, and controlled with Maestro software.

The FBI already owns Gerstel Multipurpose Autosamplers which have been validated and approved by the FBI to process casework. Any other product would require extensive testing that could take up to a year and cause serious disruption to case analysis. In addition, using any other product would cause networking features of the instrumentation within the FBI that would have to be modified, causing a disruption in FBI Laboratory casework.

Based on market research conducted and contacts made with knowledgeable individuals within the government and related industry, it has been determined the FBI's requirement can only be provided by Gerstel Incorporated, as they are the manufacturer and sole provider of the Gerstel Multipurpose Autosampler.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement or submit proposals to this office by 08:00 am, EST, by Thursday, August 01, 2013, by email to the attention of Jerry Varnell, Contract Specialist, at [email protected]. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

The awardee shall be registered in the Central Contractor's Database (CCR) and also the Online Representations and Certification (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov.