Full Service Maintenance, Repair & Relocation of Beckman Coulter Instruments

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to solicit proposals for a contract to provide full service maintenance, repair, and relocation services for NIH-owned Beckman Coulter laboratory equipment. The contract will cover a wide range of Beckman Coulter instruments including centrifuges, ultracentrifuges, liquid scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, high pressure liquid chromatographs, robotics systems, capillary electrophoresis equipment, genetic analysis instruments, particle characterization devices, and flow cytometry systems. Services will adhere strictly to the most current Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) technical standards to ensure operational readiness critical to ongoing NIH research, with the contractor responsible for preventive maintenance, emergency repairs, hardware/software updates, parts supply, rotor inspections, and relocation of equipment within NIH facilities. Misuse-related damage and issues beyond contractor control are excluded from coverage. This requirement will be competitively procured under NAICS code 811219 as an indefinite delivery requirements contract with a one-year base period and four one-year options, starting approximately September 28, 2012. The contract will serve the entire NIH community operating Beckman Coulter equipment and requires the contractor to furnish necessary personnel, tools, diagnostic equipment, and technical expertise to maintain equipment functionality. The solicitation will be posted publicly for offerors to submit proposals; this notice represents a recompete of an existing contract currently held by Beckman Coulter, Inc. The services and parts supplied are vital to NIH’s research continuity, given the critical nature of these instruments in time-sensitive experimentation and data collection.