RapidHit ID System - 4-year service agreement

Location: Minnesota
Posted: Dec 3, 2024
Due: Dec 9, 2024
Agency: State Government of Minnesota
Type of Government: State & Local
Category:
  • J - Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment
Solicitation No: 35084
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  • REFERENCE NUMBER: 35084
    Purchasing Agency: DPS, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
    Title: RapidHit ID System - 4-year service agreement
    Response to this solicitation is due no later than: 12/9/24 at 11:00am
    Ship to Information:
    See Solicitation Document
    To receive a printed copy of the solicitation, call: Mark Hill at 651-793-2732
    TTY: 711 or 1.800.627.3529 (MN Relay Service for persons with speech or hearing disabilities)
    Notes:

    This is a single source posting notification; there are no solicitation documents for download. Note this posting is not a Request for Bid (RFB) or Request for Proposal (RFP). Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agency intends to begin service support agreement with Thermo-Fisher/Life Technologies.

    The RapidHit ID System is a fast instrument that produces DNA profiles in as little as 90 minutes. The system integrates sample preparation and capillary electrophoresis to generate DNA profiles that are aggregated within ABI RapidLINK software. It is needed by the laboratory to automate and improve the efficiency of these procedures in the DNA profiling process in rush cases. The RapidHit ID System requires periodic repairs, upgrades, and annual maintenance which require service visits and parts from Thermo-Fisher. No other vendor sells the parts or will perform the maintenance service.

    Life Technologies Support / Field Services are the only services certified by Life Technologies Corporation to Repair, Qualify, Calibrate, Upgrade, Maintain and Move RapidHit ID System instrumentation.

    Attempts to perform any Repairs, Calibration, Preventive Maintenances or Moves by organizations or individuals other than Life Technologies Field Services immediately and irrevocably void any Life Technologies Warranties or Life Technologies Support Agreements.

    Life Technologies Corporation manufactures, calibrates, certifies and stocks all parts necessary for the Repair, Calibration and Maintenance of Life Technologies Corporation instrumentation. The specifically developed parts and as such are not available from any other source or vendor.

    An internet search was completed, as well as market research with known vendors such as Government Scientific Source, VWR, Eppendorf and Promega. Life Technologies Corporation was the only organization that is certified to service and maintain the RapidHit ID System. Life Technologies Corporation manufactures the parts necessary for the planned maintenance and repairs. No other vendor for the parts or service was identified.

    If anyone has any concerns regarding this single source request,
    contact Mark Hill via e-mail to bca.purchasing@state.mn.us before December 9, 2024, at 11:00 AM CST


    Date This Solicitation Was Posted: 12/2/24 at 9:46am


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