Intent to Sole Source Maintenance for HPLC/QTOF

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Waters Technologies Corporation for maintenance of the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/QTOF). The system is manufactured and has been maintained by Micromass, Inc./Waters Corporation. It contains proprietary software and hardware components that cannot be supplied by any other vendor. Continued support by this company provides the government with service engineers who are experts with access to the proprietary parts and software, improving the quality of scientific data produced. This level of support is not available from any other known source. This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 8.405-6 and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responses received within five (5) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any response should be emailed to contract specialist at [email protected] by 3:00 PM on November 20, 2020.