NON-COMPETITIVE COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION Title: NOI - Service Agreement for Leica Stellaris DIVE Confocal Multiphoton Microscope (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The solicitation number is 75N98026Q00700. This solicitation is issued as a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a non-competitive combined synopsis/solicitation to award a contract or purchase order without providing for full and open competition, including brand name. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 12.603, Streamlined Solicitation for Commercial Products or Commercial Services, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Additional authority includes 41 U.S.C. 1901 and FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, intends to negotiate and award a firm fixed price purchase order on a non-competitive basis to Leica Microsystems, 10 Parkway North, Suite 300, Deerfield, IL 60015 for the Service Agreement for Leica Stellaris DIVE Confocal Multiphoton Microscope. The National Institutes of Health, Division of Intramural Research (DIR) requires a service plan for the Leica Microsystems Stellaris DIVE confocal-multiphoton microscope (serial# 8300000659) located in the Research Technologies Branch Light Microscopy Suite at Rocky Mountain Laboratories. This is necessary procurement and support for ongoing research experiments that are directly related to equipment maintenance. It is the only microscope at Rocky Mountain Laboratories that can image live animal, tissue, and organoid samples. Due to the heavy usage, the system must be calibrated and serviced periodically. In addition, it must be repaired quickly when failures occur. Major research programs and ongoing projects involving Lyme disease Q fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever encephalitis and other clinical samples would be severely impacted or halted completely if this microscope were to go down. It is essential that the system be restored to full operation as soon as possible. Without a service agreement in place repairs would be significantly more expensive and take longer to complete. The plan must include all parts, labor and travel necessary for remedial repair. It must also include telephone access to technical support and priority repair service. This acquisition directly addresses this mission by providing for a service agreement for the repair and upgrade of the Leica Stellaris DIVE confocal-multiphoton microscope and only microscope that can image thick, high light-scattering specimens Rocky Mountain Laboratories, part of the NIAID DIR. (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are tho…