Affymetrix System Maintenance Agreement

Affymetrix System Maintenance Agreement for the Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD).

Product Service Code:

J066 NAICS Code:

811210 Place of Performance:

Bethesda, MD POTS: 24-008830 Description This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price contract with a twelve (12) month base year to Life Technologies Corporation., 5781 Van Allen WAY Carlsbad, California 92008-7321 on a sole source basis to provide preventative maintenance service to the Affymetrix System currently located in the Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD), at the NIH Clinical Center (CC).

The Critical Care Medicine Department has a requirement for a contractor to provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, software, facilities, transportation and supervision necessary to complete all work associated with performing preventive maintenance, repairs and software maintenance/upgrade services on Affymetrix System. The purpose of this requirement is to acquire a follow-on Affymetrix System preventative maintenance service agreement.

Life Technologies Corporation is original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the sole service provider. Life Technologies does not have any authorized third-party service providers. It is imperative that it is maintained by the OEM in order to ensure reproducibility in experimental studies. Only OEM replacement parts and accessories must be used and must be compatible with the existing equipment in accordance with OEM specifications.

Use of unauthorized parts, maintenance, or repairs, by a third-party service provider may invalidate the warranty or any existing service agreement.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the CC, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Tasha Lowe, Contract Specialist, lowet2@mail.nih.gov by the due date June 28, 2024 and time marked in this notice.