Preventive Maintenance and Equipment Repair Services

On or about 20 July 2014, the Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) Contracting Office located in Bremerton WA intends to negotiate a sole source Firm Fixed Priced contract with Ethicon's Advanced Sterilization Products Division (ASP) and will utilize procedures under FAR Part 13.106-1(b). The period of performance is 20 JUL 2014 - 19 JUL 2015 plus two option years (thru 19 JUL 2017). The contractor shall perform two annual preventive maintenance checks, support and repairs on the following Government owned medical equipment located in the Sterile Processing Department. Maintenance and repairs of this equipment must be performed by an ASP certified technician in order to mitigate warranty concerns. Also, all replacement parts required are proprietary in nature. • STERRAD 100NX S/N: 1041100140 NHB ECN# 026027 • STERRAD 100NX S/N: 1041100142 NHB ECN# 026103 • STERRAD NX S/N: 10033060469 NHB ECN# 001109 This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources may submit a quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. A complete RFQ package will be available on or about 11 JUL 2014, by downloading the documents at the NECO Website as follows: http://www.neco.navy.mil. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) with a size standard of $19.0 million. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract.