Notice of Intent - Thermo Electron North America, LLC (Unity Labs) EMA for the Thermo Q-Exactive HF LCMSMS

Notice of Intent for Sole Source

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Research Triangle Park (RTP) Durham, North Carolina, intends to award on a sole source basis Thermo Electron North America, LLC (Unity Labs) in accordance with RFO 6.103-1(b) to purchase a one-year repair and preventive

maintenance service agreement for the laboratory's Thermo Q-Exactive HF LCMSMS. This procurement is recommended to be processed without full and open competition.

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Office of Mission Critical Operations, Biological and Economic Analysis Division’s Laboratory needs a preventive equipment maintenance agreement (EMA), and service plan, for the Thermo Q-Exactive HF LCMSMS - a

tandem mass spectrometer that combines a quadrupole mass analyzer for precursor selection with a high-resolution/high mass accuracy Orbitrap mass analyzer. This spectrometer is recognized as playing a critical role in systems biology and is becoming the focus of the

development of diagnostic tests, novel drug therapies, personalized medicine, and understanding of infectious diseases, cancer, and metabolic disorders .

The Thermo Electron North America, LLC (Unity Labs) EMA for the Thermo Q-Exactive HF LCMSMS shall include:

• One annual preventative maintenance visit.


• Unlimited phone, email, and remote support sessions.


• All parts, site labor, zone charges and per diem charges.


• Software bug fixes for Thermo Q-Exactive HF LCMSMS user interface software and applications software.


• The initial service response time is not to exceed (4) business hours.


• The onsite service response time will not exceed (2) business days after all remote diagnostic sessions have been exhausted and both parties agree a service visit is required.


• All parts and services retain a (90) day warranty from the date of installation.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for proposals. This notice of intent is for information purposes only; therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement.

Submit questions or concerns via email (using PDF, MS Word, Excel attachments) to ContractSpecialist, Markina Owens, at Owens.Markina@epa.gov. No telephone calls will be accepted.

The NAICS code for this procurement is: 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing 1,000