66--Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order to Waters Corporation

Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order for a One-Year Service Agreement for the Waters Xevo TQ LC/MS/MS System The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) intends to award a sole source, fixed-price purchase order for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), Office of Pollution Prevention (OPP), Biological & Economic Analysis Division (BEAD), Analytical Chemistry Branch (ACB) under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1), to Waters Corporation (Waters) in order to procure a service plan renewal for the existing Waters Xevo TQ LC/MS/MS System. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a Total Assurance Plan (TAP) with one (1) Performance Maintenance (PM) visit for the Waters Xevo MS/MS detector, Acquity Liquid Chromatograph (LC) components, and the MassLynx Software one (1) year plan for the LC/MS/MS system. The TAP is a comprehensive service agreement that includes: all corrective maintenance and one (1) PM visit in which a trained engineer will replace all parts subject to wear (specified in agreement). TAP customers receive top priority response time for all visits and all parts used in corrective maintenance and PM visits are guaranteed and factory-tested. The agreement will cover the following existing equipment: Equipment Serial Number MassLynx Software MS8NN01677 Column Manager CO8UPC285M Sample Manager K08UPA141M UPLC Binary Manager L08UPB557M Xevo TQ VBA078 Waters is the only known holder of the licenses, patent and copy rights to the equipment and software used in the LC/MS/MS system. For this reason EPA believes Waters is the only source that can provide the required maintenance for both the hardware and software on the above mentioned system. NO SOLICITATION FOR QUOTES IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting the requirements as stated herein, may submit a firm fixed price quote by 1:00 PM ET on Friday, August 16, 2013 for consideration. A determination not to compete the purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. All questions and concerns should be submitted via email to Tricia Lynn at [email protected].