The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service at 1636 E. Alisal Street, Salinas, California, has a requirement for a maintenance agreement for Government owned Steris Autoclaves for the period of 03/01/20009 through 02/28/2010.  Covered equipment:  16" Century Vac Elec 2 - Serial #013190501 and 20x20x38 Century Grav Str - Serial #013279803.  Preventive maintenance inspections to include Platinum service; PM labor, PM parts; nline service scheduling and support; Pro Connect priority technical support; Pro Connect Remote monitoring.  A RFQ is not available.  For this requirement, the USDA plans on negotiating with the only known source, Steris, to provide this service.  Interested firms are encouraged to submit proposal to the attention of Frances Lara as listed in this notice.