J -- J - - Service for Perkin Elmer Optima 4300DV ICP System

THIS IS A NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. The US EPA Region 1 intends to award a one year maintenance plan (including labor, parts, travel and 2 preventative maintenance visits), starting May 1, 2008, to PerkinElmer Las, Inc for service of an EPA owned PerkinElmer Optima 4300DV ICP system located at the EPA laboratory in Chelmsford, MA. The system is comprised of an Optima 4300DV and the following accessories: a Ployschichiller and an autosampler (AS92PLUS). It is believed that PerkinElmer is the only vendor that has the technical expertise and knowledge of the equipment to provide the service which is comprised of:24-72 hrs on site response times and 3 hr callback response times; a service engineer trained/certified by the manufacturer to properly troubleshoot and perform repairs; provision of repair parts that are original equipment manufacturer parts