SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source GraphPad Prism Software - Redacted J&A
- Notice Date
- 6/28/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- #511210
— Software Publishers
- 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-17-T-0260
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2017
- Point of Contact
- Catherine Hutchinson, Phone: 4104361272
- E-Mail Address
-
catherine.hutchinson4.civ@mail.mil
(catherine.hutchinson4.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Redacted J&A The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) intends to award a sole source Firm-Fixed Price supply contract to GraphPad Software, Inc. 7825 Fay Avenue, Suite 230, La Jolla, CA 92037 (DUNS 613908381; CAGE Code 1GVL3) for the purchase of the GraphPad Prism Software. The statutory authority permitting the acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1901. The Federal Acquisition Regulation(FAR) citation is is 13.106-1(b(1)(i), and the FAR citation title is "Only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreement, brand name or industrial mobilization)". The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) has a mission to discover and develop medical products and knowledge solutions against chemical threats with the vision of strengthening our nation and our world by rendering chemical threats medically harmless. USAMRICD has a requirement for The Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (MRICD) synthetic chemistry laboratory has a requirement for 135 GraphPad Prism software license subscriptions. This purchase order will be a 12 month base year and one 12 month option year. This procurement is to upgrade the current Prism 4 Windows concurrent use network licenses as the Prism license structure has changed from network to individual user subscription based licenses. GraphPad Prism allows the combination of biostatistics, curve fitting (nonlinear regression) and scientific graphing in one program which is necessary to continue research. This program allows data import or entry, automatic graphing, data analysis, customizing graphs, export features, repeating work by cloning, change/combine graphs, and automatic linking and updating. This software upgrade is required for use with Windows 10 software. This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source is for informational purposes only in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.201 and not a request for competitive proposals. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Interested parties should submit a Capability Statement and pricing information for this requirement within ten (10) days of public notice to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Interested vendors should submit the Capability Statement in response to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source electronically by 10:00 A.M. (EST) 10 July 2017 via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Catherine Hutchinson at Catherine.hutchinson4.civ@mail.mil. No phone calls will be accepted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), Edgewood Campus, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD 21010, Edgewood, Maryland, 21010, United States
- Zip Code: 21010
- Zip Code: 21010
- Record
- SN04560392-W 20170630/170628234304-8f818b42cd3d319412115700b0074b2c (fbodaily.com)
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