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Notice of Intent to Sole Source In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1), the US Environmental Protection Agency intends to award a sole source fixed-priced Purchase Order. THI... Notice of Intent to Sole Source In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1), the US Environmental Protection Agency intends to award a sole source fixed-priced Purchase Order. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) DO NOT SUBMIT A QUOTE The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Ecosystems Processes Division (CEMM) located in Athens, GA,30605-2700, has a requirement for a Service Maintenance Agreement with Thermo Electron North America, LLC, for the following instrument(s): Thermo Q-Exactive high resolution Mass Spectrometer (MS) system. Thermo Electron North America, LLC, 1400 Northpoint Pkwy Ste 50, West Palm Beach, FL 33407-1976, is the sole factory trained service engineers to service, repair, and provide software updates/migration of this instrument. This acquisition is for one year. The following specialized preventative maintenance and repair activities are critical: Unity Essential Support Plan-MSPEC-LC-MS. • Proprietary software with updates/upgrades • 1 Scheduled Annual Preventative Maintenance Visit • Access to latest service and support information • Factory trained Thermo Fisher Scientific certified technicians with exclusive use of OEM replacement parts. • Field Service Engineer labor, travel, and parts required for Corrective Maintenance visits with a targeted response time of 3 business days The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 811219 and the business size standard is $22 M. This announcement constitutes the only synopsis for this requirement; and is issued for notification purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) DO NOT SUBMIT A QUOTE NOTE: If you are an authorized distributor or equipment service/maintenance management provider; provide documentation confirming authorization and certified capability from the manufacturer to perform service/maintenance/repair on the components identified in this notice. Responses to this notice without this confirmation from the manufacturer will not be considered as valid. Any interested party that believes it can meet this requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill this requirement being requested by 8:00 AM ET on April 23, 2022. Responses must be submitted in writing to daggs.pam@epa.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be accepted. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct competitive procurement. All current and potential contractors shall use FedConnect which is available at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/default.htm. There is no charge to use FedConnect. FedConnect is hosted by Compusearch, all related questions from vendors/contractors will be answered by Compusearch. If having issues with FedConnect or not registered in FedConnect at this time an exception is extended, and alternate responses may be received by e-mail: daggs.pam@epa.gov.