Maintenance, Repair & Rebuilding of Equipment / Biacore T100

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 for the solicitation number NIAID-NOI-13C-1632526, a Notice of Intent. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-66, dated April 1, 2013. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is a not a small business set-aside, however small disadvantage, minority, veteran owned and HUB zone companies etc., are encourage in submitting a proposal. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 811219, which has a size standard of $19.0 in millions of dollars. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure a one-year preventive maintenance service contract on a sole source basis with GE Healthcare for the following equipment: 1) Biacore T100, serial number 14110065-1459487. The Contractor shall provide two (2) preventative maintenance visits per contract period to include full coverage on all service parts, travel and labor. The Biacore T100 equipment is constantly in use throughout the day, and if it were put out of action due to lack of maintenance or mechanical failure the ability of the investigators in the lab to conduct their research would be severely handicapped and would halt on-going testing that is being performed. 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) the capability to perform the above stated salient characteristics, 2) price, and 3) delivery (one (1) year from date of award). The FOB point shall be "Destination" and "Net 30". This will be a fixed price contract. The following Federal Acquisition Regulations provisions and clauses apply to the acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; Far 52.212-2 Evalutaion Commercial Items; Far 52.212-3 Offeror Representation 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 or Executive Orders Commercial Items; and FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003). A completed copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representation and Certifications Commercial Items must be included which can be found online at System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database 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 SAM 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 Saving Time (EDST), Tuesday, June 4, 2013 through the U.S. Postal Service at the address of NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Road, Room 2NE52E, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4811. Email and fax submissions are not acceptable. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Terry Knight at 301-402-2282, or email knightte@niaid.nih.gov. Collect calls will not be accepted.