Merck Stockpile Vaccine Storage and Rotation Contract
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75D30126R73481
- Agency
-
CDC Office of Acquisition Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 493120 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage
- PSC
- R799 Support- Management: Other
- Place of performance
- Atlanta, Georgia 30329, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC for storage, rotation, and distribution services for pediatric vaccines in the national stockpile under the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, with responses due by August 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET.
The procurement is being conducted on an other-than-full-and-open-competition basis under FAR 12.102(b). The CDC states that Merck, as the vaccine manufacturer, is the only source capable of rotating older stockpiled vaccines into operating inventory before expiration and replenishing rotated stock to maintain a viable pediatric vaccine reserve. The contract will be structured as a commercial FFP acquisition.
Any firm believing it can fulfill the requirement may submit a written capability statement by the August 12 deadline referencing solicitation number 75D30126R73497. The submission must clearly demonstrate the firm's experience, assets, background, and ability to perform the requirement without compromising quality, accuracy, reliability, and schedule. The CDC retains sole discretion to determine whether to compete the procurement based on responses received. All submissions must be emailed to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer; telephone responses will not be accepted. Interested firms must be registered in SAM.gov to conduct business with the federal government.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC (Merck) to store and rotate doses of pediatric vaccine manufactured by Merckk in a national pediatric stockpile as part of the mandatory Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. Merck, as the manufacturer, is the only source with capability to rotate its older stockpiled vaccines into operating inventory before expiration and replenish the roated vaccines in order to maintain a viable stockpile.
The authority for this sole source acquisition is in accordance with RFO FAR Part 12.102(b).
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any firm believing it can fulfill the requirement identified above may submit a written response to be received by the Contracting Office no later than 15 business days after the original date of publication of this notice, which shall be considered by the agency. The written response shall reference soliciation number 75D30126R73497 and provide a capability statement that clearly indicates the firm's experience, assets, background, and abilitiy to preform the requirement without compromising the quality, accuracy, reliability and schedule.
The Government will consider all information received via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officedr by 12 August 2026 at 1:00pm ET. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement based upon rsponses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for any information received. No telephone responses will be accepted. Any submissions or questions shall be submitted via email to the point of contacts listed below.
Interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://sam.gov/ to start doing business with the federal government.
Update #1 ·
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Financial Resources (OFR), Office of Acquisition Services (OAS), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) in accordance with FAR 12.102, intends to award a contract on an other-than-full-and-open-competition basis as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) commercial contract to Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC, 126 East Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065 to provide storage, rotation, and distribution services for stockpiled pediatric vaccines manufactured by Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation.
The Government will consider all information received via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer by August 7, 2026 at 1:00pm ET. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for any information received. Telephone responses will not be accepted. All submissions and questions shall be submitted via email to the point of contacts listed below.
Interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://sam.gov/ to start doing business with the federal government.
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