SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Biological Test Kits - Justification
- Notice Date
- 8/24/2016
- 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, 6001 COMBAT DR, ABER PROV GRD, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W91ZLK-16-T-0208
- Archive Date
- 9/24/2016
- Point of Contact
- Sharon A. Gary, Phone: 4438614719
- E-Mail Address
-
sharon.a.gary.civ@mail.mil
(sharon.a.gary.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- J&A Sole Source The Army Contracting Command, Tenant Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground intends to issue a sole source, Firm-Fixed Price contract, under the simplified acquisition procedures authorized by the Commercial Item Test Program in FAR 13.5. Preliminary market research has revealed that Meso Scale Diagmpstocs, LLC (MSD) is the only source that manufactures reagent assays that can be used to detect biological warfare agents using electrochemiluminescent (ECL) technology. Mesco Scale Diagnostics, LLC, 1601 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850-3126. NAICS Code is 541330 and Business Size standard $15,000,000. The contractor shall provide the following: MSD custom biological kits for fourteen (14) target agents: Baccillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, Vaccinia virus, Brucella sp., Coxiella burnetti, Staphyloccoccal enterotoxin B, Ebola virus, Botulinum A/B toxin, Ricin, Abrin, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE), shiga-like toxin 1 and shiga-like toxin 2. The kits contain assay plates in a 96 well format. Each well contains 9 "spots": one or two contain antibody against a specific agent (capture antibody), one serves as a negative control, and one as a positive control. Liquid reagents included in the kit are: (1) Detector antibody, positive control antibody, positive control antigen, and antibody diluent which are combined to form a "working stock" (2) Read buffer which is used to activate the chemical reaction that occurs as a result of the working stock interaction with the plate and the sample being tested. Please see the attachment J&A labeled "justification" for further details as to why this action is being negotiated solely with Mesco Scale Diagnostics, Cage Code: 1ZHK4. There are no solicitation documents; however, contractors interested in this requirement should submit a complete technical package, which provides clear and convincing evidence that they can meet the Government's requirement. Vendors who are not registered in System For Award Management (SAM) database prior to award will not be considered. Vendors may register with SAM by going on via the web to https://www.sam.gov. Responses must be received no later than 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 9 September 2016. Responses should be submitted electronically to sharon.a.gary.civ@mail.mil. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the Government will consider all responses received by the response date stated above. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL NOT BE HONORED.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG TENANT DIVISION, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, 2ND FLOOR, ROOM C2-101, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- Zip Code: 21005-1846
- Zip Code: 21005-1846
- Record
- SN04238691-W 20160826/160824235058-876c00fe09d326cbb87587b0cd5458d9 (fbodaily.com)
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