Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Utilities Recompete.pdf

Notice of Intent (NOI) to Sole Source

Requireing Activity: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Europe-Middle East (WRAIR-EME)

Notice ID – HT9426-26-NOI-044380

Related Notice: N/A

Product Service Code (PSC): R799 – Support-Management: Other

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 561210 – Advisory and Assistance

Services

Small Business Size Standard: $47.0 M

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) on behalf of the Walter Reed Army

Institute of Research (WRAIR), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR

6.302 with vendor National Center of Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), 16 Kakheti

Highway, Alekseevka Settlement #3, 0109, Tbilisi, Georgia

The Government has a requirement for continuous utility services for Walter Reed Army Institute of

Research, Europe-Middle East (WRAIR E-ME) which is co-located with the country of Georgia’s

National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) staff in the Richard M. Lugar Center for Public Health

Research (hereafter referred to as the Lugar Center) in Tbilisi, Georgia. The utility services include natural gas, electricity, water, and waste management. The NCDC is responsible for payment of the utility services in support of its adequate operation to the service provider. As occupants of the Lugar

Center, WRAIR, E-ME, is responsible for up to 50% of the utility costs that can be directly attributed to the support services of the facility. This service will provide the necessary utilities to maintain and operate the Lugar Center to international bio-safety standards; ensuring uninterrupted facility operations for lab and office space for WRAIR operations.

THIS NOI IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Meaningful submissions received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government..

Responsible, interested parties may identify their interest by submitting capability statements (using

PDF, MS Word, or Excel attachments), in writing, by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 17 November 2026 to

Ms. Linda Hinson at linda.t.hinson.civ@health.mil and Mr. Lance Nowell at lance.l.nowell.civ@health.mil. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the firm’s ability to provide the stated capability. Information and materials submitted in response to theis request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.

Responses will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the

Government. If no responses are received, DHACA will proceed with the sole source contract issued to National Center of Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).

mailto:linda.t.hinson.civ@health.mil mailto:lance.l.nowell.civ@health.mil