# MRI Cold Head System

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nb6860802400679

- Solicitation number: NB686080-24-00679
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was January 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
- Place of performance: Boulder, Colorado
- County: Boulder County (FIPS 08013). https://abierto.us/counties/boulder-county-co-08013
- City: Boulder. https://abierto.us/cities/boulder-co-0807850
- First posted: January 8, 2024
- Last posted: January 8, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/862024ed11e344a2993b4ff0f047dc95/view

## Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Agilent Technologies (CAGE: 0YSC6), located in Wilmington, DE, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source to obtain preventative maintenance and replacement parts for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system that is overdue for service on its cold head system.

Due to the complexity of the hardware and system design, Agilent Technologies is considered the only viable option for this service because they are the manufacturer of the existing system located at NIST. The NAICS for this requirement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Equipment Manufacturing, with a small business standard of 1,000 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price contract to Agilent Technologies for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition.

If competitive procedures are not used, it is estimated that an award will be issued by January 27, 2024. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist at lisa.stevens@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to the Contract Specialist at lisa.stevens@nist.gov no later than the submission deadline of this notice.

## Publications

- January 8, 2024: Special notice, due January 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 09171d8e41454e1999d3c59e445f5aa4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/09171d8e41454e1999d3c59e445f5aa4/view
- January 8, 2024: Special notice, due January 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 862024ed11e344a2993b4ff0f047dc95. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/862024ed11e344a2993b4ff0f047dc95/view

## Points of contact

- Lisa Stevens, lisa.stevens@nist.gov, 3034973272
- Aaron Ritter, aaron.ritter@nist.gov, 3034975757

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