The US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) - Vicksburg, MS intends to issue a sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Life Technologies Corporation. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) code for this procurement is 811219-Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a size standard of $20.5M. A serviced contract is required that will include all labor, travel costs and service parts, unlimited on-site hardware troubleshooting and repair, at least one preventive maintenance visit, and on-site response time not greater than 3 business days. Specific characteristics of the service contract that limit the availability to a sole source are the availability of immediate software and hardware upgrades as developed by the manufacturer. Only this suggested source can furnish the requirements, to the exclusion of other sources, because this is a newly patented instrument and new software and hardware upgrades are not available from any other provider. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A solicitation will not be issued. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the vendor's ability to fulfill this requirement. The contractor must also provide a description of their past experience in fulfilling requirements which are the same or similar to this requirement and references for each. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses to this requirement may be submitted to Christy Love at
[email protected]. The solicitation number shall be included in the subject line of the e-mail submission. Responses must be received no later than 5 days from the posted date of this notice.