66--High Performance Liquid Chromatograph System

NAICS Code: 334516 NAICS Code: 334516 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, intends to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis to Waters Technologies, Inc., 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757 under authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1). This purchase order will be issued to acquire software upgrades and total assurance plans for an existing Water's Model 2690 Alliance High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) system with 996 Photo Diode Array (PDA), Ultraviolet and Fluorescence detectors. Waters Technologies, Inc. is the only known manufacturer, distributor, and/or supplier of parts and services which includes software upgrades and total assurance plans for the Water's HPLC system. The software upgrade includes a conversion kit to upgrade existing Water's Millineum software to Water's EMPOWER software. The EMPOWER software shall allow end users to multi-task without using multiple software packages, acquire data and control a variety of instruments including HPLC, apply advanced detection techniques without outsourcing to a third party and deploy applications such as dissolution, method validation, integrated chemical structures and polymer analysis. The total assurance plan shall provide maintenance services, repair services, and other on-site and off-site services for the HPLC system. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, all interested parties are invited to respond to this requirement by 4:30pm, EST on August 01, 2005. Interested parties must express their interest and capabilities in writing to U.S. EPA, Region 4, Office of Acquisition Management, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA, 30303. Attn: Shayla Jenkins, by facsimile at (404) 562-8370 or by e-mail:[email protected]. Verification of receipt of fax and e-mail transmission is the sole responsibility of the sender.