SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Molecular and Translational
- Notice Date
- 2/26/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541713
— Research and Development in Nanotechnology
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Attn: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014, Maryland, 21702-5014, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-18-S-0008
- Archive Date
- 3/28/2018
- Point of Contact
- Arjun Bhalla, Phone: 3016192396
- E-Mail Address
-
arjun.bhalla.civ@mail.mil
(arjun.bhalla.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET SURVEY REQUEST: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY for market research and planning purposes only, as defined in FAR 15.201(e). This is not a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. No solicitation document exists or is guaranteed to be issued as a result of this Notice. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted, and the Government will not reimburse respondents for preparation of the response. Response to this Notice is strictly voluntary and will not affect future ability to submit an offer if a solicitation is released. There is no bid package or solicitation document associated with this announcement. BACKGROUND: The Requiring Activity for this action is the Uniter States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). USAMRIID's mission is to provide leading edge medical capabilities to deter and defend against current and emerging biological threat agents. REQUIREMENT: The Requiring Activity for this action is the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is looking for a company to establish a management mechanism to support infectious disease studies at clinical facilities in Sri Lanka. (1) The Contractor shall manage infectious disease studies at clinical facilities in Sri Lanka. (2) Provide an efficient mechanism for the clinical sites to acquire specific supplies, support personnel, limited equipment, travel and transportation of research materials. (3) Provide all necessary documentation for ethical use of specimens obtained from humans secured in cooperation with the clinical site investigators. (4) Specific tasks will include collection of human blood samples, separation and cryopreservation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells, separation and cryopreservation of sera. (5) Documentation of culture positive cases of melioidosis and diagnostic confirmation of control specimens. (6) Inclusion criteria for control specimens and specific diagnostic tests to be approved by government laboratory before initiation of specimen collection. (7) The number of samples collected will be a minimum of 100 for 12 month performance period SUBMITTALS: Summaries of the services as listed above shall be no more than Five (5) pages in length, and shall describe service capabilities in each of these areas. Interested Parties shall provide business size status based upon NAICS code 541713, Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees, CAGE code as registered at SAM.gov. Interested Parties may include item brochure information with the summary package by the Government's requested date of submittal of March 13th, 2018. Interested parties shall submit information in response to this RFI to: arjun.bhalla.civ@mail.mil. Responses shall be submitted and received via Email no later than 2:00PM EST Friday, March 13th, 2018. Documents shall be electronic in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and/or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and provided as attachments to the Email. No telephonic responses to this RFI will be considered. Questions concerning this RFI may be addressed by contacting: arjun.bhalla.civ@mail.mil. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this RFI are not offers for contract and will not be used by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Vendors having the services that they believe would be suitable for military operations as described herein shall submit all supporting documentation requested by this RFI to the POC noted above. Please provide information on your organization in the following areas; 1. Company Name, Address and Single Point of Contact with Name, Title, Telephone Number and E-mail Address. 2. DUNS Number and Cage Code 3. Confirmation of Current Active Registration in System for Award Management (SAM) 4. Primary NAICS Code(s) and Business Size (i.e., small/large) 5. GSA Schedule, If Available 6. Commercial Price List, if GSA schedule is Not Available 7. Product Specific Brochures Literature PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: 52.215-3 -- Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes. Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of Market Research and Planning Purposes Only. (End of Provision)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Sri Lanka, United States
- Record
- SN04835008-W 20180228/180226231432-ecad69f78874f5cecd7476a6b41b6b9b (fbodaily.com)
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