J--STERRAD Sterilizer Maintenance/Repair Services

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT Network Contracting Office 8, intends to enter into a sole source contract for the procurement of periodic maintenance and repair services for its STERRAD sterilization equipment at its Bay Pines, Miami, North Florida, and West Palm Beach medical center locations. The following systems require coverage. Description Quantity STERRAD NX Sterilizer System 6 STERRAD 100s Sterilizer System 4 STERRAD 100NX Sterilizer System 3 STERRAD 200 Sterilizer System 1 These services will be procured from Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), a Division of Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, located at 33 Technology Drive, Irvine, CA, 92618-2346. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 81129 (Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance), with a size standard of $19 million. The Government intends to issue an award for this requirement on a Sole Source Basis, per FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), wherein "the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source." Servicing the systems requires both adequate training and the ability to provide replacement parts. ASP will not sell parts for the STERRAD systems to anyone who has not undertaken their official training course in Irvine, CA. Moreover, their technicians are legally bound by a non-compete agreement which prohibits them from servicing the STERRAD systems independently of ASP. Because of these two factors, besides ASP, there are no known providers of STERRAD system maintenance service. All responsible sources which assert that they can provide these services may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Interested respondents must submit a capability statement within 7 calendar days after the publication of this notice. Submission of a capability statement shall be made via email, to Eric Sullivan, Contracting Officer, at [email protected]. Subject of email should reference VA248-12-I-1297. All responses received will be evaluated. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement, based upon the responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Costs associated with the preparation and submission of information and any follow-up information requests are the responsibility of the offeror, and these costs will not be reimbursed by the Government.