SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Cooperation on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical Countermeasures Advanced Development.
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH12T0326
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2012
- Point of Contact
- Erin Jessica Maddox, 410-417-0028
- E-Mail Address
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US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(erin.j.maddox@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) will be procuring commercially available services for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)for a on-going research protocol. The services include histopathological anaylsis services to include time course and mechanism of neuronal damage associated with chemical agent-induced seizures in rodents. This serves as the Government's notice in intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed-price order to Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute, PO Box 25027, Los Angeles CA 90025. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1; Only one responsible source and no others will satisfy agency requirements. This service is to support a research grant that was reviewed by a panel of expert scientific reviewers and was selected for award as an interagency agreement between the USAMRICD and BARDA. Two of the proposed tasks (tasks 7 and 8) on the grant were prepared by researchers at Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) who have over 10 years expertise in epilepsy research and in the identifying mechanisms of seizure-induced neuronal death in the immature brain. BBRI scientists have extensive experience and publications in the mechanisms of seizure-induced neuronal death in the immature brain, neuronal injury and in differentiating neuronal necrosis from neuronal apoptosis. The panel of reviewers specifically mentioned in their written evaluation of the grant, that the researchers at BBRI bring a 'wealth of knowledge on seizure-based animal models, the study from an expert in juvenile/pregnant animal models'. BBRI is currently collaborating with the USAMRICD to evaluate the effects of organophosphates and chemical warfare agents in the adult rat brain. For comparison between young and older animals, it is important to be able to compare studies using the same staining techniques and quantification methods, as well as interpretation of the effects, which can best be done if in the same laboratory using consistent methods, stains, staff, and software for quantification. This is not a request for proposals and a solicitation will not be provided. Any responses to this notice of intent can be emailed to Erin Maddox at erin.maddox@amedd.army.mil. Telephone requests WILL NOT be honored. All responses must be sent by 8:00 a.m. eastern standard time on 17 July 2012.
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