Renewal Maintenance Service Contract

This is a combined/solicitation/Notice of Intent for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is NIAIDNOI111095 and the solicitation is being issued as a Notice of Intent on a sole source basis. This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-50. Effective May 16, 2011. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) intend to procure a renewal maintenance contract from Applied Biosystems on the following equipment: 3400 DNA Synthesizer, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 334000029; 3130-16 Genetic Analyzer, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 1588-001; 7900HT Sequence Detection System, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 279000286; 7900HT Sequence Detection System, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 201571; 3130-16 Genetic Analyzer, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 18225-024; 3130-16 Genetic Analyzer, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 1590-007; 3400 DNA Synthesizer, AB AssurancePlus 1PM S/N 334000062. The Period of Performance will be for 12 months. The contractor must agree to bill quarterly in arrears. The North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) Code for this acquisition is 811219, and the small-business size standard is $7.0 million dollars. This is a firm fixed-price contract and the FOB term is "Destination" and Net 30. 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, Offer or Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, Commercial Items; FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; and FAR 32.703-2, Availability of Funds, FAR 52.232-37, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central 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/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a). 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]. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct any future competitive procurement. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, Room 2NE22C, MSC/4811 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4812. E-mail and Fax submissions are not authorized. Requests for information concerning this requirement must be submitted in writing, and can be faxed to 301-480-0469, or e-mailed to ssmith@niaid.nih.gov. It is the vendor's responsibility to confirm receipt of all quotations and/or questions by the closing date of this announcement by contacting Shirlene Smith at 301-402-5770. Collect calls will not be accepted.