Assurance Service Agreement

J - MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND REBUILDING OF EQUIPMENT NOTICE DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2015 Notice Type: Pre- Solicitation NAICS: 811219, OTHER ELECTRONIC AND PRECISION EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE Contracting Office: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Regional Acquisition, 200 Granby Street, Suite 815, Norfolk, VA 23510 The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Regional Acquisition, Norfolk, VA on behalf of The National Ocean Service - Center for Coastal Environment Health, in Charleston, SC, is soliciting a requirement to provide annual Assurance Service for API4000 mass spectrometer and the 4000QTrap from April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016 at Center for Coastal Environment Health, 219 Ft. Johnson Road N/SC14, Charleston, SC 29412. Two Option Years are included. Provide all labor, material and equipment in accordance with the attached Statements of Work. A Solicitation, EA-133C-15-RQ-0245, will be issued February 11, 2015 and will close March 4, 2015 at 11:00 AM, EST. All quotes should be submitted to Jennifer Parsons at [email protected] by the indicated close date. As a result of this RFQ, an award will be made based on the evaluation criteria specified in CAR clause 1352.213-70, Evaluation Utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures. CAR CLAUS 1352.213-70, EVALUATION UTILIZING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (APR 2010) The Government will issue an order resulting from this request for quotation to the responsible offeror whose quotation results in the best value to the Government, considering both price and non-price factors. The following factors will be used to evaluate quotations: (1) Proof of Certification: The vendor will provide assurance that factory trained service engineers are fully qualified, authorized, and certified to work on these specific models of the Instruments. Service engineers must have full access to the manufacturer's latest technical developments, repair procedures, software application updates and maintenance procedures. Sufficient personnel must be assigned to the region to ensure rapid response and personnel backup at all times. (2) Price. The total period of performance for the base year for all work specified in the Statement of Work is April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016. Option Year One (1) has a period of performance of April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017. Option Year Two (2) has a period of performance of April 2, 2017 through March 31, 2018. Vendor is to provide Proof of Certification to complete the requested services, along with the quote by March 4, 2015 at 11:00 AM, EST. The Government will issue a firm fixed price purchase order. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated award date is on or about March 6, 2015. Contractors are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service as well as the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis/solicitation is posted). Potential offerors may direct all inquiries pertaining to the solicitation in writing to [email protected] . Telephonic requests will not be honored.