MAINTENANCE SERVICE PLAN FOR PHILIPS MAGNETIC RESONANCE 3T ACHIEVA AND PHILIP MR MID-TIER POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI). This notice is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.102(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions. This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed price purchase order under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.101-b – Competition. Contracting officers may solicit from a single source based on a determination and findings (that only one source is reasonably available.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Philips North America LLC(Philips), 22100 Bothell Everett Highway, Bothell, WA 98021-8431 to provide maintenance services for imaging equipment located at a biological high containment BSL-4 (Biological Safety Level 4) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) at Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland. The equipment to be maintained consists of the following:

• Magnetic Resonance 3T Achieva, Site #532851 (Serial #17226)
• Philips uninterrupted power supply systems:

         a) Philips MR Mid-Tier System, Site #62073790

Period of Performance is February 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026. Services shall be performed in Frederick, Maryland 21702.  The IRF requires maintenance services for imaging equipment that contain both commercial and non-commercial components. The non-commercial components were provided by Philips, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), who designed, developed, and implemented the necessary modifications to standard, commercial diagnostic imaging equipment so that the equipment was capable of operating inside BSL-4 containment