SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Meso Scale Diagnostic Biological Agent Detecting Kit - SOW
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 325413
— In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W91ZLK) TENANT CONTRACTING DIV, 6565 Surveillance Loop, Building 6001, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W91ZLK-18-Q-0037
- Archive Date
- 10/2/2018
- Point of Contact
- Olga M. Hairston, Phone: 4438614718
- E-Mail Address
-
olga.m.hairston.civ@mail.mil
(olga.m.hairston.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Statement of Work (SOW) This is a Notice Of Intent to Award a sole source contract using Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Part 13.5 (open market under SAT). The sole source authority is in reference to FAR 6.302-1 (a)(2). "when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, form only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. "The Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Tennant Division is located at 6565 Surveillance Loop, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD 21005-3013. In coordination with the Edgewood Chemical Biological Command (ECBC), the following item are required for procurement: CLIN 0001 Biological Agent Test Kit, Qty: One (1) Custom made by Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC The Government intends to negotiate solely with Mesco Scale Diagnostics (MSD) for this procurement. The award will be made as a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), sole source contract to Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC. Mesco Scale is the sole manufacturer of producing these type of custom biological kit to detect biological warfare agents using electrochemiluminescent technology. This kit is custom built to be used in conjunction with the MSD PR21800 instruments which are currently owned and being utilized by ECBC's laboratories. MSD has no resellers or authorized distributors. This firm is the sole developer/manufacturer/distributor of the product. The associated North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 325413 and the Business Size Standard is 1,250. This is not a Request for Quote (RFQ). It is the intention of the Contracting Office of ACC-APG to notify the general public of their intensions to negotiate solely with MSD for this award. If this is not truly considered to be a sole source based on the information contained in this notification along with the attachment labeled, "Abbreviated Justification and Approval". then all responses received within seven (7) days after date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday, 17 September, 2018. Any responses to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. For quesitons concerning this Notice of Intent, contact Olga M. Hairston, Purchasing Agent, via e-mail at Olga.m.hairston.civ@mail.mil Posting date of this requirement is 10 September 2018. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005, United States
- Zip Code: 21005
- Zip Code: 21005
- Record
- SN05082135-W 20180912/180910231748-a97582b8ebaecd54e240e14f2ec3ee27 (fbodaily.com)
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