Texas DIR/ESBD #HHS0017278V4

Perkin Elmer laboratory equipment maintenance and repair services for Texas DSHS

Texas Health and Human Services seeks qualified service providers to maintain and repair Perkin Elmer laboratory equipment used by state health laboratories. - Buyer: Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), HHS Purchasing and Procurement and Contracting Services, for the Department of State Health Services (DSHS); HHSC and DSHS may use the resulting contract. - OEM: Perkin Elmer; the work is for its specified instruments and requires OEM parts only. - Services: Annual preventive maintenance, unlimited on-demand on-site repairs, and remote technical support for instruments used in lead screening, biothreat and chemical threat testing, inorganic testing, and radiochemistry testing. - Equipment covered: 11 configurations, generally priced for two preventive-maintenance visits annually; the Spectrum Two/Spotlight 200i configuration calls for one visit. Equipment quantities are not specified. - Service requirements: Qualified factory-trained personnel; no refurbished parts and no subcontracting. On-site response is required within three business days for malfunctioning equipment, with service-call response within four hours and emergency on-site response within one hour. Detailed service reports and manufacturer-recommended performance checks are required. - Value context: The notice estimates $999,999.99; the attachment also reports historical spend of $671,500. - Term: Initial term of approximately eight months, with up to four one-year renewals and a possible extension of up to one year.

Description

HHSC Procurement and Contracting Services is seeking competitive bids to establish contract(s) for maintenance and repairs of laboratory instruments used in lead screening, biothreat testing, chemical threat testing, inorganic testing, and radiochemistry testing. Both HHSC and DSHS may use any contract awarded. The solicitation identifies an estimated value of $999,999.99 and an anticipated contract start date of January 1, 2027.

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