OEM Service contract for lab equipment from BD Biosciences

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Becton, Dickinson and Company, d.b.a. BD Biosciences (BD).

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a requirement for the following:

Preventative Maintenance Service for multiple pieces of BD Bioscience scientific equipment.

The maintenance service would include:

• Two (2) Preventive Maintenance Inspections, including 2 PM kits
• Software revisions & Proprietary Software Updates
• Unlimited service visits by guaranteed Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) technicians
• Unlimited guaranteed (OEM) Replacement service parts, components, or modules

necessary for repairs, excluding 3rd party items and consumables

• Unlimited telephone support for instruments, reagents and applications
• 48 hour guaranteed response to request for emergency on-site service, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
• Service and parts must be compliant with Biosafety Level 2

See Bill of Services for more details.

The Contractor shall provide all necessary parts and equipment necessary to perform remedial repair and planned maintenance of the above equipment. All work will be completed in accordance with industry standards, and will be inspected and approve by the Program Manager at NIAID the completion of any repairs and at the completion of the annual maintenance.

Place of Performance or Delivery:

Bethesda, MD 20892.

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIAID-2158053) by 11:00 AM eastern standard time on 03/29/2023. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.