Purchase of GD USA Service Maintenance Agreement

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS), and Tobacco and Volatiles Branch (TVB) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price services contract to GD USA, Incorporated; 501 Southlake Blvd; Richmond, Virginia 23236-3042. This contract will be for a base year of 12-months plus four (4) 12-month option years. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). The Size Standard is 1000 employees. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a maintenance service agreement for all CDC owned GD USA scientific laboratory equipment in the CDC's Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS). This equipment is critical for tobacco analysis of samples for research and development in order to establish new analytic methods. A maintenance service agreement for the GD USA laboratory equipment will serve to keep all smoking machines and components running optimally while eliminating costly repairs due to damaged or malfunctioning equipment. Such a service agreement would ensure timely repairs and would be at a set cost regardless of the number of calls made. The contractor will provide telephone support, on-site maintenance and repairs by qualified, factory certified/authorized service engineers, priority response time, and coverage of any and all parts, travel to CDC, labor costs, and software/firmware updates and support. Maintenance service includes periodic preventive maintenance according to the specific needs of the instrument as determined by the manufacturer. Repair includes any action performed on instrumentation which restores the instrument to its originally designed working order. This agreement covers all instruments and instrument components. GD USA LLC is the sole manufacturer of the CDC owned GD USA LLC laboratory equipment. GD USA LLC is the primary provider of the technical/software updates, factory certified parts and equipment needed for repair and maintenance. GD USA LLC will have the most expert information on how to repair the complex laboratory equipment. The service engineers with GD USA LLC are highly experienced with their equipment and understand the critical requirements of the DLS/TVB mission. Additionally, GD USA LLC engineers have been factory trained and certified for repairs and maintenance of all GD USA LLC equipment. No solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. We will only issue a solicitation to GD USA LLC. GS USA LLC is the only source available to provide this service that meets the DLD/TVB mission critical requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for proposal. A determination to compete this procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Interested parties who believe they possess the capability to satisfy this requirement should submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement. All responses must be sent in writing to Mr. Tim Williams via email to TLWilliams3@cdc.gov using solicitation number 75D301-19-R-67893 in the subject line, no later than 2:00am Eastern Time, March 9, 2019.