The Food and Drug Administration intends to award a sole source Purchase Order to Bruker Daltonics, Inc. This is NOT a request for competitive quotes. The Purchase Order will be made on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, 13.106.

Description of Acquisition:

This proposed action is for a 1 Year Maintenance Service Agreement (MSA) for Autoflex^TM TOF/TOF MALDI-TOF MS System: (MSA Level 2) to be purchased for the Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center. The MSA includes the following: labor, 1 preventive maintenance visit, on site visits maximum per year (additional site visits would be billed for Zone charge and time), laser, parts (other than consumables), free software upgrades for all Bruker written software that does not require hardware or operating system upgrades to run except MALDI Biotyper.

Any party that believes it is capable of meeting this requirement as stated herein may submit a written capability statement that clearly supports and demonstrates their ability to perform the requirement. Capability statements must be received by the response date and time of this notice. Submissions will be reviewed to determine if they can meet the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

This procurement is being conducted under simplified acquisitions procedures in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. All inquiries shall be submitted to [email protected] by 2:00 PM EST on August 31, 2015.