Opportunity: SCIEX EQ SERVICE CONTRACT

Amendment 0003 added vendor questions as an attachment. Amendment 0002 added Block 14 to the SF 30 for both Amendments 0001 and 0002 as: Proposal Submission. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price type order resulting from this solicitation. Proposals are required to be received in the contracting office no later than 11:00 P.M. MST/MDT on February 06, 2020. Proposals shall be emailed to cjcarter@usgs.gov. Question Cutoff. Questions relating to this Solicitation shall be presented by e-mail to cjcarter@usgs.gov not later 11:00 A.M. MST/MDT on February 04, 2020. Questions should be worded to avoid disclosing bid strategies or proprietary solutions. The Government will evaluate the questions, and if needed, an Amendment will be issued with the questions received and their associated answers. If further questions arise following the outcome of answers provided to initial questions, the Contracting Officer has sole discretion to determine if a new question closing date will be required. If a new question closing date is approved, an amendment will be posted. Amendment 0001 added the description for fedconnect and betaSam posting. The U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, Kansas District, Organic Geochemistry Research Laboratory has a requirement to acquire a multi-year service contract for an AB/ Sciex API 5500 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (TQMS). The USGS anticipates that the contract shall be effective from February 22, 2020 to February 21, 2021 for the base performance period and four option periods of 12 months each, ending February 21, 2025. Telephone request for the RFQ will not be accepted. The solicitation number is: (Sol 140G0220Q0017). No hard copies of the solicitation will be available. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 811219. The services/supplies described herein are Commercial Item. This requirement is not set-aside for small business.