Five Year Maintenance Agreement Waters FlexCHOICE

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/ Federal Grain Inspection Services (FGIS) in Kansas City, MO intends to award a sole source, five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement to Waters Technologies Corporation (SAM ID JFT8BGF7FKV6/ CAGE 5XLE9) on GSA Contract GS-07F-0559X. This will be a Firm Fixed Priced Maintenance Agreement for Coverage for Two Waters Corporation Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectroscopy Systems Necessary to assure continuity of FGIS services for mycotoxin and pesticide residue analysis on monitoring programs. Location of Services USDA GIPSA FGIS NATL GRAIN CTR 10383 N Ambassador Ave Kansas City, MO 64153 This procurement is being conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B). Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. Waters service engineers have performed the equipment installation and all repair services, troubleshooting support and PMs on these instruments. They are familiar with FGIS’s specific lab environment and chemical analysis applications. Due to the very specialized nature of the equipment, only a relatively small number of service engineers are qualified to perform repairs on these particular mass spectrometers, and those same engineers have become very familiar with the instrument systems at the FGIS laboratory. Historically, this service has been provided by Waters. Continuity of services from the same engineers is an important aspect of obtaining services from Waters. Waters is the sole source equipment manufacturer and service provider for the XEVO systems, parts, training, technical support, field service support and software. Waters has proprietary rights to the design and software utilized in the instruments. Waters is the only company with access to performance verified component parts, spare parts, software, technical support, upgrades and engineering resources to maintain the original operating specifications for the instruments. Waters Field Service Engineers are the only certified and factory trained engineers available to service the instruments. Independent service providers generally do not have service engineers with the needed training and experience on this type of equipment—many such companies only service older equipment that is no longer supported by the manufacturer or simpler equipment This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as three (3) references from other customers who are using these products or services, to the Contracting Officer by 4:00pm. Mountain Time (MT) on the closing date of this notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient specifications and detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, and the Small business size standard is $ 22Mil. Responses received after the response date or without the required information will be deemed nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Capability statements may be sent (via email only) to: Carol Dingess, Contracting Officer /[email protected].