Maintenance, repair & rebuilding of equipment

This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice of Intent for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format of FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are not being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number NIAID-NOI-12068, a Notice of Intent. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC2005-57, dated March 15, 2012. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a small business. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 811219, which has a size standard of $7.0 in millions of dollars. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intend to procure a one-year preventive maintenance on a sole source basis with Illumina for the following equipment: 1) Genome Analyzer s/n 3001569; and 2) cBot s/n 600409. Contractor shall provide one (1) preventative maintenance inspection per contract period to include full coverage on all service parts and labor, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm comprehensive email support and telephone support (instrument, applications, bioinformatics), three (3) business day average on-site response time, critical and non-critical updates, applications support, access to on-line training modules and discounts on optional advanced training programs. Period of Performance shall be one (1) year from date of award. Place of performance Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The Award will be based on: 1) capability to perform the above stated salient characteristics, and 2) price. The FOB point shall be Destination. This will be a fixed price contract. The FOB terms are "Destination" and Net 30. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders - Commercial Items; and FAR 52.232.33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Center Contractor Registration. In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at www.ccr.gov prior to award during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. [Note: Lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration will make an offeror ineligible for award.] All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Savings Time on April 16, 2012. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Room 2NE38C, MSC 4811, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4811. Request for information concerning this requirement are to be submitted in writing, and can be faxed to 301-480-8720, or e-mail to blandl@niaid.nih.gov. It is the vendor's responsibility to confirm receipts of all quotations and/or questions by the closing date of this announcement by contacting Lawrence Bland at (301) 402-2282. E-mail and Fax submissions are not authorized. Collect calls will not be accepted