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 Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CEPHA), Public Health and Integrated Toxicology Division located in Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, has a requirement for a Service Maintenance Agreement with Illumina, Inc., for the following instrument(s): Illumina NextSeq (NS500611). Illumina, Inc., 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122-4616, is the sole source of 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: NextSeq 500 Support Plan (20019986) •Proprietary software with updates/upgrades •1 Preventative Maintenance Visit •Access to latest service and support information •Factory trained Illumina certified technicians with exclusive use of OEM replacement parts. •Service performed by non-authorized provider will limit instrument warranty coverage. 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 2:30 PM ET on May 11, 2022. Responses must be submitted in writing to
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