Opportunity: Preventative Maintenance Contract on 2 Luminex ins

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, with Luminex Corporation, Inc., 12212 Technology Boulevard, Austin, TX 78727-6115 to provide Preventative Maintenance Service for the Luminex MAGPIX and Luminex LX200 systems. The EPA laboratory at Cincinnati, OH has been equipped with the Luminex systems. This equipment supports the Office of Research and Development's (ORD) National Exposure Research Laboratory¿s human exposure and infection research work. The service plan includes replacement of the following parts on the MAGPIX instrument: Syringe, 500 µL Ball end with Teflon Seal, Tubing Sample-to-Valve, and Drive fluid filter; Replacement of the following parts on the LX200 instrument include: Air intake filter on the analyzer, Air intake filter on the XY platform, Syringe Teflon Cap, including o-ring, Sheath Filter, Orange/Blue Quick Disconnect, Sample Loop Tubing, 50-inch, Sample Arm Tubing, 5-inch, and Peek Tubing. The Contractor shall provide unlimited visits for emergency repair. The Contractor shall provide telephone and online support 24/7. The circumstances permitting ¿Soliciting from a Single Source¿ at this time is FAR 13.106-1(2)(b). The anticipated period of performance is 12 months. All interested parties who believe they can provide the required maintenance agreement may submit a written qualifications statement which fully explains their capabilities within 5 days from the date of this announcement and provide itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. The intent of this notice is to determine if any other source(s) exist, and therefore, no solicitation is available. Consequently, any response(s) failing to provide the aforementioned data but instead chooses to merely submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the statement of work or more information about the project will not be considered. The information received to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Please submit response to the U.S. EPA, Attn: Louis C. Williams, Jr. (MC-A010C), RTP Procurement Operations Division, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. No telephonic or faxed requests will be honored. Offerors must submit all technical questions / responses concerning this synopsis electronically through FedConnect. Notices of any modifications to this FBO procurement announcement, including Requests for Proposals and amendments, will be posted using the FedConnect web portal. FedConnect can be accessed at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/ . Questions regarding the content of the subject announcement must be submitted through the FedConnect portal. You must register with FedConnect as an interested party to submit questions and to view responses. FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect also furthers the EPA¿s commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecologically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Vendors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect technical questions please call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to ¿public,¿ otherwise FedConnect will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov . There is no charge for registration in SAM