66--MAINTENANCE AND SERVICES ON VARIAN ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS

INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS TO VARIAN, INC., FOR MAINTENANCE SERVICES OF PROPRIATARY EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Directorate of Contracting, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD intends to award a sole source (as prescribed in FAR 6.302-1) with VARIAN, INC., 2700 Mitchell Dr. Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1602. The contractor shall provide preventive maintenance on their equipment purchased by the government and conduct repairs as required. This equipment is sole source manufactured by the company and has no third party maintenance authorized to service their equipment. The Maintenance and Services shall be performed on the following 3 items: MS1200 GC1X Total Care Support-1200GC, Serial Number 1200-3178 GCTWO11100 Total Care-3800/3900 Gas Chromatograph, Serial Number 3800-12483 8400C11100 Total Care-8400-8410 autosampler, Serial Number 8400-5135 The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 334516 and the size standard is 500. Interested persons may identify their interest, in writing only, to the Government point of contact. Responses to this notice must be received no later than 12:00pm, Eastern Standard Time, September 08, 2009 at which time this notice expires. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation of offers. The point of contact for this action is Michael T. Johnson Sr., Contract Specialist, email [email protected].