NAICS Code: 811219 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order under Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Thermo Electron North America LLC, 1400 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 10, West Palm Beach, FL 33407, for the acquisition of a 1-yearsupport plan (maintenance service agreement) for a specific Thermo Finnigan Element 2 laboratory instrument. Thermo Electron North America LLC has exclusive copyrights, patents, and/or trade secret ownership; and, therefore, is the only vendor that can satisfy the requirement. In order to ensure correct instrument operation, the circumstance permitting is FAR 13.106-1 (b) (1) "only one source reasonably available". The intent of this notice is to determine if any other source(s) exist; and, therefore, no solicitation (RFQ) is available. Consequently, any response failing to demonstrate the contractor's ability to provide maintenance of the instrument and instead choosing merely to submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the RFQ will be ignored. The information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested parties may submit written qualification statements, fully explaining their capability, no later than 10 days after the date of this publication. Submit your response to: the U.S. EPA, Attn: Barbara L. Mattison (MC-E105-02), 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; by fax to (919)541-4273; or, by e-mail: [email protected]. No telephone or faxed requests will be honored.

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