Siemens ECAT HRRT PET scanners maintenance

December 9, 2014 Requisition #: 15-000676 Notice of Intent to Award The National Institute of Health/Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing and Contracts intends to award a firm fixed-price contract to SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC., 51 VALLEY STREAM PKWY, MALVERN, PA, 19355-1406, to provide maintenance, support, and emergency servicing of a Siemens ECAT HRRT PET scanners (referred to as HRRT) in the PET Department of the NIH Clinical Center to include one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. This proposed procurement is for maintenance, support, and emergency servicing of a Siemens ECAT HRRT PET scanners (referred to as HRRT) in the PET Department of the NIH Clinical Center and includes but not limited to annual preventive maintenance visits, emergency servicing, spare parts, hardware, software and firmware upgrades and support, for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested concerns capable of providing the same or similar products or services as described in this notice may submit a capability statement outlining their capabilities. No solicitation is available. Information received will be evaluated for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability Statements must be received within the time set forth in this synopsis to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on 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. Each response should include the following Business Information: a. DUNS. b. Company Name, address, POC, Phone and Email address c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this Award. d. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, hubZone, veteran owned, etc.) as validated in System For Award Management (SAM). All offerors must register on the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1 e. Capability Statement The following verbiage is directly from the Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) and is posted in accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(6). Siemens is the only source that is certified and/or authorized to use Siemens advanced diagnostic software package on the HRRT scanner and those advanced service tools remain proprietary to Siemens. All responses are due to the Contract Specialist within 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis. Government Official Designated for Receipt of Information: Rieka Plugge Contract Specialist Email: rieka.plugge@nih.gov Phone: (301) 496-1199