Laboratory Equipment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), intends to award a sole source contract to Gerstel, Inc., to obtain 3 Gerstel Dual Head MultiPurpose Sampler.
The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The lead-time for delivery of the systems is 3 months.
The Gerstel Dual Head MultiPurpose Sampler allows the measurement of tobacco product constituents at very low levels and with a very high degree of specificity. In addition, the instruments would allow the Tobacco Laboratory to add capacity and increase throughput to ensure that deliverable are met per the CDC/FDA cooperative agreement. The Gerstel autosamplers allows for highly accurate injections of samples into the gas chromatographic instruments and the necessary flexibility with cryotraping to get the most accurate results. The Gerstel Dual Head MultiPurpose Sampler system is proprietary equipment and software.
Gerstel is the only vendor that manufactures, distributes and install this equipment. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on Federal Business Oppurtunity. The Government will issue only one solicitation to Gerstel, Inc. However, the Government will review all capabilities statements and determine if other qualified sources do exist that could provide this requirement. Information received in response to this announcement will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capabilities statements must be sent to: Matthew Ellington at: [email protected] with the solicitation number 2014-Q-71685 referenced in the subject line no later than 1:00PM EST., May 27, 2014.
MATTHEW ELLINGTON, Phone 7704880073, Email [email protected]
