Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source.docx

The Fort Hood Health Contracting Cell Regional Health Contracting Office, Central Army Health Contracting Activity, MEDCOM, Fort Hood, Texas intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price, sole source contract to Roche Diagnostics Corporation, under authority 10 USC 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) and 6.302-1(c), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, and brand name descriptions, for an Reagents: GBS, IVD, S. Aureus and MRSA, C.Difficile/Epi, Flu, Strep A, and Flu/RSV compatible with Cepheid GeneXpert XVI analyzer for Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas, 76544 on or about 24 September 2021. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334516, and the size standard is 1000 number of employees.

This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice and any information provided will not be used as part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. No telephonic inquires will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract for Reagents: GBS, IVD, S. Aureus and MRSA, C.Difficile/Epi, Flu, Strep A, and Flu/RSV compatible with Cepheid GeneXpert XVI analyzer. The Contracting Officer determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonable available.

The Fort Hood Regional Health Contracting Office-Central intends to make a sole source award to Cepheid, 904 Caribbean Drive Sunnyvale, California 94089-1189.