Maintenance Service Agreement

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisitions, Station Support Simplified Acquisitions Branch on behalf of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) plans to procure, on a non-competitive basis, maintenance service with MEG International Services Ltd., 1850 Hartley Avenue, Coquitlam, BC, V3K 7A1, Canada. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) and FAR 13.501 (a)(1) to use Simplified Acquisition Procedure for commercial items. The North American Industry Classification System Code for this acquisition is 334510 and the size standard is 500 employees. The NIMH Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Core Facility operates a 275 channel whole head CTF MEG system as a shared resource for the Intramural Research Programs (IRPs) of NIMH and NINDS. MEG is a sophisticated technique allowing high resolution recording of brain activity and as such forms a vital part of the neuroimaging research program. The instrument is in full time use by over forty (40) investigators as part of the program mission of the institutes. In order to insure availability of the system and reliability of patient data, a full time maintenance service is essential. The existing CTF MEG system was previously purchased from VSM MedTech System, Inc. and installed in 2002. MEG International Services Inc. is the successor company to VSM MedTech and as such hold all the proprietary knowledge of the CTF MEG system as well as the only known source of highly specialized and proprietary spare parts. To avoid disruption and delay to the many ongoing studies at the NIMH and NINDS, it is crucial to renew maintenance service for the 275-channel whole head CTF MEG through MEG International Services Ltd. It is determined that MEG International Services is the only source to provide the required service and no other sources would satisfy the agency's requirement. This is a firm fixed price type acquisition. Delivery is FOB Destination. Period of performance for this maintenance service is to be one year starting on or around August 8, 2010. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses submitted to contact@example.gov on or before 2:00 PM ET July 26, 2010. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow the government to determine if it can meet the above specifications described herein. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Please reference the announcement number NOI-1652414 on all correspondence.