The US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) - Vicksburg, MS intends to issue a sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Anton Paar USA, Inc. for maintenance of Novatouch LX4. 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. This service contract should include all labor, travel costs, shipping costs and factory certified service parts for the preventative maintenance visit, telephone assistance, and instrument repair at the company's repair facility including all labor factory certified service parts, and return shipping. Specific characteristics of the service contract that limit the availability to a sole source is this is a patented instrument and factory certified service parts are not available from any other provider. Detailed procedures which must be followed--combined with specialized tools--during the course of a preventive maintenance service activity and/or in the event a repair becomes necessary so as to ensure the proper operation of the instrument. 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.