Inactive

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This procurement will be processed pu... THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. No solicitation will be issued. All responsible sources who believe they can provide the services listed may submit, in writing to the identified point of contact, a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Responses are to be received within 2 days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted. The USDA, ARS, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Laboratory, located at 4303 Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502 has a need for a LGC DNA Extraction Robot Service Maintenance Agreement and intents to award a firm fixed price contract to LGC Genomics LLC, 3600 Minnesota Street, Alexandria, MN 56308. The unique requirements are: Vendor must maintain full operational status of instrument through annual preventative maintenance, on-site repair, and phone/email technical support. Annual preventative maintenance to instrument and associated software. Unlimited on-site repair, inclusive of travel, labor, and material supplies within 7 days of instrument failure. Unlimited access to phone/email support within 2 hrs. The NAICS Code for the expected acquisition is 811219, with a Size Standard of $22M. Any subsequent procurement will be conducted as a commercial item purchase in accordance with both 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 13.106-1 (b)(1)(i)