Renishaw Raman Service Agreement

This is a public notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 – Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. The Library of Congress, Contracts and Grants Directorate, intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to Renishaw, Inc. The work to be performed under the contract will be performed at Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The period of performance of the intended contract shall run for 5 years and is value at an estimated amount of less than $250,000 (the simplified acquisition threshold) for a base and 4 option years for maintenance and support for the Renishaw Raman inVia Spectrometer System (serial #930P87). The price of the full duration of the contract (5 years) is less than $250,000. The scope of the contract entails but not limited to continued service support agreement of comprehensive service and maintenance: on-site repairs, all parts and lasers (excluding consumables), annual preventative maintenance visit, travel, shipping and labor. This announcement constitute the only public notice, proposals are not being requested from other parties and a written solicitation will not be issued. This public notice accomplishes the following: Notice of the LC’s intent to sole source to Renishaw, Inc.; Synopsizing the requirements in accordance with the FAR; and Publically posting the approved Justification and Approval (J&A) to the public in advance of the contract award As a result of this, a second posting of the J&A is not required after the award has been made, as the public posting is being accomplished via this public notice. The following attachments are included in this notice: Attachment 1: Renishaw, Inc.– SOW Attachment 2: Renishaw, Inc.– Fully Signed and Approved – For Public Posting – Redacted Copy No further notices shall be pursued at this time in regards to this contracting action.