The USDA National Animal Disease Center in Ames, IA, intends to negotiate a firm-fixed price purchase award for a 12-month service maintenance agreement, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(2)(b)(i) with Thermo Fisher/FEI, Chicago, IL for maintenance on the Tecnai 12BT EM Scope. This service maintenance agreement will be procured as a commercial item in accordance with the procedures in FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) and FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures). The sole source determination is based on Thermo Fisher/FEI being the sole source for factory trained labor and maintenance services as well as provider of proprietary software maintenance and upgrades for the unit, manufactured and sold by Thermo Fisher/FEI. NAICS code for this procurement is 334516. The period of performance for the service maintenance agreement commences on January 28, 2018 and concludes January 27, 2019. This is not a request for quote. However, all interested parties may contact the Purchasing Agent listed below. Sources interested in responding to this requirement must be able to provide compelling evidence that they can obtain/provide a maintenance agreement contact utilizing factory authorized parts, service that will not invalidate equipment warranties for the listed equipment and that they can provide the OEM proprietary software maintenance and upgrades for the unit. Responses must be submitted electronically, via email, to [email protected]. The deadline for the submittal of responses is 2:00pm CST January 15, 2018.

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