Bathtub Slip Resistance Study

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
CPS-2114-24-0006
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
PSC
AN32 Health R&D Services; Consumer And Occupational Health And Safety; Applied Research
Place of performance
Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a Special Notice for a sole source award to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct a human bathtub slip resistance study. The CPSC intends to negotiate this requirement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 253(c)1, and it will be awarded as a simplified acquisition.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to announce CPSC's intention to negotiate and issue a sole source award to ASU, which is the only testing contractor that can provide continuity of test services using the previously developed apparatus and method. The due date for interested parties to submit capability statements demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement is August 7, 2024 by 12pm Eastern Time. While this is not a request for competitive quotations, the CPSC will consider all responses received within 10 business days of the issuance of this notice, and a determination not to compete the proposed procurement will be at the sole discretion of the government.

Notice text

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announces its intention to negotiate and issue a sole source award to Arizona State University (ASU) to provide human bathtub slip resistance study. Arizona State University (ASU) is the only testing contractor that can provide continuity of test services in testing of exemplar bathtubs using the same apparatus and method developed to measure human slip on reference surfaces in the previous conducted for CPSC under contract number 61320621P0035.  

CPSC intends to negotiate this requirement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 253(c)1. The sole source procurement will be awarded as a simplified acquisition in accordance with FAR Subpart 12 & FAR Subpart 13 procedures. Interested persons may identify their interest and submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement.  

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within ten (10) business days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government.  A determination by the government not to compete this proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  Any quotation/response must be in writing and can be sent via email to the Contract Specialist at dbraswell@cpsc.gov by 12pm Eastern Time August 7, 2024. No phone calls will be accepted.  
 

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