This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) to Quidel Corp, a manufacturer of medical diagnostics and supplies in San Diego, California. The contract has a ceiling value of $95,325.00 and was awarded on August 19, 2020 to support COVID-19 pandemic response efforts.
Under this contract, Quidel will provide 11 cases of its Sofia SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay test kits and 15 each of the Sofia1 Analyzer and Install Pack for use in laboratories at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego. This contract was awarded sole-source under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and was evaluated on a low price technically acceptable (LPTA) basis. The contract has no set-aside designation.
Quidel has previously received numerous federal contract awards to provide rapid COVID-19 antigen test kits to various agencies, including the Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Health and Human Services. Quidel also holds an active $108 million indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to supply its QuickVue At-Home Over-The-Counter COVID-19 test kits through November 2023.