W912CN-23-Q-0023 Synopsis.docx

Synopsis # W912CN23Q0023: COLUMN CEREX THC 3ML 35MG

INTRODUCTION

The 413th Contracting Support Brigade is issuing this synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide Column Cerex THC 3mL 35mg.

This synopsis serves to provide notice for this procurement prior to solicitation. This procurement is intended to result in a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with deliveries of this product. This is a brand name purchase and a total small business set-aside.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This item is the essential part of the CANAB extraction method used in the lab for drug screening to test for THC in urine samples. These extraction consumables use micro-particulate sorbents with extra small flow paths that ensure greater contact with the analyte molecules as they pass through the sorbent beds. This enables sample matrix components – salts, proteins, fatty acids and phospholipids – to be easily removed. Cleaner samples reduce ion suppression and the number of interfering peaks in LC-MS analysis. This specific item is the only acceptable one to use due to the requirements in the customer’s published standard operating procedures (SOP) they are held to during method validation. Once a method has been validated, the same equipment must be used. There are not off-brand similar products available or acceptable for use based on their established practices. The lab must certify each lot of every reagent that we use in our confirmatory testing, making it critical to establish a lot hold with the vendor to ensure the same lot number of sorbent is used for the entire contracted order to meet the same standards as the method of their validations. Having the same lot number for the entire contract quantity will save the lab about 11 months of doing extra batches to certify this same item prior to use.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Government requires Column Cerex THC 3mL 35mg. This is to be a brand name purchase, and the appropriate justification (FAR 13.106-1(b)(1))has been approved. This product can come in case configurations of 500pk, 100pk, and 1,000pk (Part numbers: 682-0353, 682-0353C, and 682-0353M). The government intends to create a BPA with one base year and two option years for order quantities of 1,000 units. It is critical the vendor is able to do a lot hold of the sorbents to ensure the customer is delivered the same lot number for the duration of the BPA.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Any resulting contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of Confidential. Any resulting contract shall be compliant with the specialty metals restriction of the Berry Amendment (10 U.S.C. 2533a and 2533b) in accordance with DFARS clauses 252.225-7008 and 252.225-7009.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334516 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6640.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFQ will be accepted prior to its release.

Your response to this synopsis, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Nicholas Zehr, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email nicholas.b.zehr.civ@army.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. HST on 01 June 2023 and reference this synopsis number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

All data received in response to this synopsis that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

Version – February 2017