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Notice of Intent to Sole Source – 123A9424Q0047

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price IDIQ Contract to Thermo Fisher Scientific for AST Supplies using the Sensititre portfolio, in support of the Office of Public Health and Safety (OPHS). Please see the limited sources justification for more details on the requirement.

This notice is not a formal solicitation. However, interested responsible sources may submit a capability statement for the agency’s consideration in determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted in the future for this requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

1.) Date: August 21, 2024 2.) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20250 3.) Product Service Code – 6640 (Laboratory Equipment and Supplies) 4.) Contracting Office Address: 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20250 5.) Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source 6.) Proposed Solicitation Number: 123A9424Q0047 7.) Closing Response Date: September 4, 2024, at 11:00am Eastern Standard Time 8.) Contact Specialist: Alexis Galloway, alexis.galloway@usda.gov 9.) Estimated Contract Award Dollar Amount: $600,000.00 10.) Proposed Contract Award Date: September 4, 2024 11.) Contractor: Thermo Fisher Scientific 12.) Description: This requirement is for AST Supplies needed to perform the broth micro dilution method utilized by the public health partners in the NARMS network in FSIS laboratories.

13.) Place of Contract Performance: 950 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30605 14.) Set-aside Status: no set-aside used