SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2020 7:20:16 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- W4PZ USA MED RSCH ACQUIS ACT FORT DETRICK MD 21702-5014 USA
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH20Q0057
- Response Due
- 7/2/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 07/17/2020
- Point of Contact
- Alicia Maldonado Torres, Phone: 3016197632
- E-Mail Address
-
alicia.maldonadotorres.civ@mail.mil
(alicia.maldonadotorres.civ@mail.mil)
- Description
- This notice announces the intent by the U.S. Army Medical Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), 820 Chandler St, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 21702, intends to award a sole source contract to Giles Scientific Inc. BIOMIC V3 platform for image capture and results management for the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(2). The FAR citation is 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The BIOMIC V3 will be a mission essential instrument for both data recording and communication for the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (CARB) program to support ET�s mission to protect the warfighter. This platform will be used for recordkeeping purposes, as well as when collaborators ask for additional information e.g., major growth reduction drug concentration in addition to the minimum inhibitory concentration. The instrument can image MIC assays completed in 96-well plates, directly determine the MIC, and export results to Microsoft Excel. The instrument will essentially automate data recording and results interpretation for the MIC assay.� Minimum inhibitory concentration results generated by this platform will be included in any Investigational New Drug and New Drug Applications submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as stated in the ""Microbiology Data for Systemic Antibacterial Drugs �Development, Analysis, and Presentation Guidance for Industry"" FDA document. �No other vendors sell these specific instrument. An RFQ will be issued on a sole source basis. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 518210 and the size standard is $35.0 mil.� This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under FAR 5.102(a)(6) and 5.203(a). USAMRAA intends to publish a solicitation no sooner than 15 days after publishing this synopsis. This Special Request for Information is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. If no written responses are received by the date listed below, which reflects at least fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice, the solicitation will be issued as sole source. All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Ms. Alicia Maldonado Torres at alicia.maldonadotorres.civ@mail.mil. Interested concerns must identify their capability to the above email address no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time, 2 July 2020.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
- Zip Code: 20910
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN05695251-F 20200620/200618230156 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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