Title: Service Maintenance Agreement - Beckman Coulter Centrifuges and Ultra-Centrifuges
ID: SS-NIAID-1895460
Post Date: March 29, 2018
Response Date: April 09, 2018
Classification Code:
NAICS: 811310

Introduction
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.

Background, Purpose, Objectives
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID), is currently seeking sources capable of providing both preventative maintenance and repair services for the following Beckman Coulter equipment listed below, located in multiple facilities on the main NIH campus at 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD.

Project Requirements
Successful offerors must have the knowledge, skill, ability, and resources to reliably provide service repairs and preventative maintenance to the equipment. Note*** the equipment listed is currently being covered by a service agreement.

Anticipated Period of Performance
It is anticipated that an award will be made before the period of performance (POP) start date. The estimated POP start date will be May 01, 2018 - April 30, 2019. The government anticipates awarding a base, one-year contract.

Capability Statement/Information Sought
All capable vendors should respond with a brief capability statement by April 09, 2018 at 5:00 PM EST. Capability statements must reference similar work that has been performed by the contractor and any experience with contracts of similar size and scope, as well as certification that OEM parts, software updates and service will be provided.

If your organization has the potential capacity to support this requirement, please provide the following information: 1) organization name, address, point of contact, email address, website address, telephone number, DUNS number and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of capability.

Capability statements should also include documentation indicating that offerors business size as determined by the Small Business Administration's Table of Size Standards located at: (https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards) for NAICS 811310. This SBA size standard is currently $20.5 million but is subject to change. Prospective offerors may also note whether they meet any other socio-economic business categories such as 8(a), Hub-Zone, or Service Disabled Veteran when submitting their capability statement.

Submission Instructions
Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 09, 2018 at 5:00 PM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to purchasing agent, Jesse Weidow: [email protected].

Disclaimer and Important Notes
This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality
No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

# DESCRIPTION
1 Allegra 25R centrifuge s/n AJC06J001
2 Allegra 25R Centrifuge S/N AJC16A009
3 Allegra 64R centrifuge s/n ALV14K02
4 Allegra X-12R centrifuge s/n ALX04J01
5 Allegra X-12R centrifuge s/n ALX07E29
6 Allegra X-15R centrifuge s/n ALP05L16
7 Allegra X-15R centrifuge s/n ALP06d21
8 Avanti J-20XP centrifuge s/n JXP01F20
9 Avanti J20XP centrifuge s/n JXP01F16
10 Avanti J-26XP centrifuge s/n JXS06C09
11 Avanti J-20XP centrifuge s/n JXP04C12
12 Optima L-100 XP Ultracentrifuge s/n LXP03F13
13 Optima L-100 XP Ultracentrifuge s/n LXP04D09
14 Optima L-90K Ultracentrifuge s/n COL06J24
15 Optima L-90K Ultracentrifuge s/n COL06L34
16 Optima TLX-CE Table top Ultracentrifuge s/n CTX97D26
17 Optima XL-100k Ultracentrifuge s/n COX01D14
18 Optima XL-100k Ultracentrifuge s/n COX01E12
19 Optima XPN-100 Centrifuge s/n XPN12H31
20 TN, VI-Cell XR WIN 7 Instrument S/N AJ16079
21 Allegra X-30R, IVD Centrifuge S/N ALZ15A031