Newborn Testing GLWACH

The Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West (MRCO-W), Fort Hood Health Contracting Branch, operating under the Department of the Army Medical Command, has published a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source contract for newborn screening testing services. The contract will be awarded to Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, classified as a large business, to provide newborn screening testing for General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (GLWACH) located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This procurement falls under NAICS code 621511 (Medical Laboratories) with a size standard of $41.5 million and will be structured as a firm fixed-price contract. The contracting action is being conducted under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) authority, which allows for sole source awards not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold when only one source is reasonably available. The notice was posted on July 29, 2025, with responses due by August 8, 2025.

The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to inform the contracting community that the government intends to proceed with a non-competitive, sole source award rather than conduct an open competition for these medical laboratory services. The Contracting Officer has determined that circumstances warrant limiting competition to a single source based on the reasonable availability of qualified providers. The notice explicitly states that it is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals, and the government will not honor requests for capability briefings or telephonic inquiries resulting from this announcement. Any determination by the government not to compete this contract based on responses to the notice remains solely at the government's discretion. This procurement represents a specialized medical testing requirement that the government has determined can only be reasonably fulfilled by the identified contractor.