SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Intent to Sole Source Laboratory Assessments on Five (5) Who Health Organization (WHO) Especially Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network (EDPLN) locations in Africa
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 621511
— Medical Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Natick (SPS), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY15S0005
- Archive Date
- 3/16/2016
- Point of Contact
- Leo Fratis, (301)619-7421
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Natick (SPS)
(leo.fratis@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground on behalf of the Critical Reagents Program (CRP) intends to procure on a sole source basis laboratory assessments on five (5) Who Health Organization (WHO) Especially Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network (EDPLN) locations in Africa: (the Centre International de recherches m dicales (CIRMF) in Gabon; the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI); the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa; Institut National de Recherche Biom dical in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and the Institut Pasteur lab in Senegal); whole genome sequence data from cryovials of clinical material stored in freezers at CIRMF; cryovials of clinical material from CIRMF which will be transferred to the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) for evaluation and accessioning into the Unified Culture Collection (UCC); and assay performance data for CRP polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and CRP MAGPIX assays from the testing of clinical materials in the freezers at CIRMF. The intended contractor is Fondation M rieux USA, 1211 Connecticut Avenue NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC 20036. Fondation M rieux USA is the only responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy these agency requirements because of an agreement that Fondation M rieux USA has in place with CIRMF, as evidenced by a letter from the Director General of CIRMF, ric Leroy, dated March 3, 2015, that gives Fondation M rieux USA the rights to access clinical materials and generate data on them for the purpose of furnishing it to the Department of Defense. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract will be issued for one (1) base year with two (2) one-year option periods for laboratory assessments of EDPLN labs in Africa, whole genome sequence data on clinical materials contained in cryovials in the freezers at CIRMF, transfer of clinical material contained in cryovials in the freezers at CIRMF, and assay performance data on CRP PCR and CRP MAGPIX assay from the testing of clinical materials contained in cryovials in the freezers at CIRMF. The statutory authority permitting acquisition of these items by 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 Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This is not a request for competitive proposals. Parties purporting to have the requisite credentials and agreements to provide these supplies without unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements must furnish, in writing, factual information, which clearly supports and demonstrates that their facility is sufficiently able to provide the required services, no later than 1 April 2015. Please direct any questions regarding this announcement to Mr. Leo Fratis, Contracting Officer, (240)586-1523 e-mail: leo.j.fratis.civ@mail.mil. A determination not to compete this proposed action based on any responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. See numbered note 22.
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