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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR) plans to procure, on a sole source basis all l... The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR) plans to procure, on a sole source basis all labor, material and equipment necessary to maintain and provide preventive maintenance for the government owned UltiMate 3000 nanoflow liquid chromatography system (8120696) and Fusion Lumos mass spectrometer (FSN20265) from: Thermo Electron North America 1400 Northpoint Pkwy Suite 50 West Palm Beach, FL 33407-1976 The response close date of the notice for this requirement is in accordance with FAR 5.203(b). This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 – Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.106-1 (b)(1) and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6. The North American Industry Classification System code is 811210 and the business size standard is $22.0 million. BACKGROUND The Collaborative Protein Technology Resource (CPTR) serves as a collaborative resource facility serving CCR investigators, providing mechanisms for the analysis of proteins including mass spectrometry. Currently, the mass spectrometry unit has one mass spectrometer (Orbitrap Fusion Lumos) coupled to a liquid chromatography system (UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano) that is used for many sample analyses. This order is for preventative maintenance service contracts for both the Orbitrap Fusion Lumos mass spectrometer and UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano liquid chromatography system. As both parts are used in tandem for all sample analyses, it is critical to have maintenance contracts for both. The service contracts provide direct access to factory-trained and certified engineers, on-site maintenance with guaranteed response times, as well as on-site preventative maintenance visits. These services are essential to upkeep and regular operation of the instrumentation. SCOPE See attached Statement of Work (SOW). The UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano and Orbitrap Fusion Lumos are both highly-sensitive and precise instruments. As such, their maintenance requires factory-trained and company-certified engineers who are experts in the engineering and servicing of these pieces of equipment. As Thermo is the manufacturer of both instruments, their engineers are the only ones with the training and knowledge to quickly and correctly maintain and service these instruments. No other engineers would have the expertise required to keep them operational as much as possible. These instruments are used for service to the CCR community, each day that they are not operable is a detriment to the mission of the NCI. As such, direct access (both via e-mail and telephone) to the service engineers is required to mitigate minor issues and implement quick solutions to maintain the instruments. Moreover, only Thermo can guarantee maximum response times, at maximum 72-hour response for both instruments. Without direct access to the engineers and the guaranteed service times, the risk of having inoperable instrumentation is quite high. Thus, third-party service companies are not a viable option as they do not allow direct access to factory-certified engineers and cannot guarantee response times.