Combat Cababilities Development Command (DEV COM) "Chemical Biological Test Division Laboratory Technical Support"

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

22 February 2021

The United States Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Contracting Division (ACC-APG ECD), on behalf of the Combat Capabilities Development Command’s, Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC), Engineering Directorate Chemical Biological Test Division’s (CBTD), Protection and Decontamination Test Branch (PDTB) and Detection Branch (DB), intends to award a sole source, Cost Reimbursable contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-5 – Authorized or Required by Statue and in accordance with FAR 19.1406 (a)(1), on or about 30 July 2021 to Joint Research and Development (JRAD). JRAD is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). At this time, it is the Government’s understanding that no other certified SDVOSB has the capability of meeting this requirement. The NAICS code is 541715 – “Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)”. The size standard is 1,000 employees.

The specialized support will require a vendor that possesses an active Chemical Personnel Reliability Program (CPRP) having the resources that would be capable of supporting a requirement to provide qualified chemical surety laboratory technical experience and expertise, technical laboratory work, programmatic support for applied research, technology evaluation, methodology development and systems development to defeat chemical/biological threats and to evaluate materials for customer programs that reflect areas of individual and collective protection of the war fighter and first responders.

The requirements are:

 a. The contractor must have an active Chemical Personnel Reliability Program (CPRP) and provide a fully qualified CPRP staff with requisite experience on day one of contract award.

b. The Contractor shall provide hands-on chemical surety expertise, technical interpretations and laboratory test support to the Government on matters dealing with the use and development of surety laboratory testing approaches and methodologies, laboratory instrumentation, analysis and proper waste disposal procedures following the PDTB Quality Manual and the DB Laboratory Quality Assurance Plan.

c. The contractor shall provide technical expertise and conduct hands on analyses for Government programs using, but not limited to, the following analytical instrumentation and equipment:

•  Gas Chromatographs (GC) with Mass Selective Detector (MSD), Flame Photometric Detector (FPD), Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Nitrogen Phosphorus (NPD), Halogen Specific (XSD), Electron Capture Detector (ECD)

•  High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with Triple Quad (LC/MS/MS)

•  Ion Chromatograph (IC)

•  Capillary Electrophoresis (CE)

•  Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UV VIS)

•  Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)

•  Photoacoustic Infrared Spectroscopy (PA-IR)

d. The contractor shall provide decontamination, chemical inventory management and waste disposal support.

e. The contractor shall be required to use gas and liquid chromatography techniques to analyze samples. The contractor shall select the gas chromatography (GC) mass spectroscopy, GC Flame Ionization Detection (FID), GC Flame Photometric Detection (FPD) or liquid chromatograph mass spectroscopy to detect chemical agent compounds and their potential by products. The contractor shall provide support in testing as it applies to those ASTM methods used to evaluate military surfaces and materials.

f. The contractor shall provide administrative support. Please note that the CBTD is accredited under an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17025 quality system and is looking for administrative support for the successful management of the established quality system.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible SDVOSB sources may submit a quotation and technical capabilities, which, if received within fifteen calendar days of publication of this notice, shall be considered by ACC-APG. All responses must be submitted to the Government points of contact at the email addresses shown below by 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 09 March 2021.

Government Points of Contact:

Mr. Brian Mazen, Contracting Officer

Email: brian.e.mazen.civ@mail.mil.

 Ms. Sheila Ramos, Contracting Specialist

 Email: sheila.l.ramos2.civ@mail.mil.