NOI to Sole Source: bioMerieux Inc.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a Notice of Intent to make a sole source award to bioMerieux Inc. for the procurement of four mASTERCLAVE 60 EVO units. The agency intends to establish a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order with bioMerieux Inc., located at 515 Colorow Dr Salt Lake City, UT 84108, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). This procurement falls under the Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing NAICS category and is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b)(1). The notice was posted on July 9, 2025, with a response deadline of July 16, 2025. FSIS justifies the sole source approach based on bioMerieux Inc. being the exclusive manufacturer and supplier of instrument service and training for the MASTERCLAVE product line and associated parts.

The primary objective of this Special Notice is to inform potential contractors of the government's intent to proceed with a sole source procurement while providing an opportunity for other parties to demonstrate comparable capabilities. Although this is not a competitive solicitation and no formal solicitation document exists, interested parties may submit capability statements demonstrating their ability to provide the same or similar supply by the July 16, 2025 deadline. All capability statements must be submitted electronically via email to angela.carey@usda.gov in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF format. The government will consider all capability statements received by the closing date, though the final determination whether to compete the requirement remains at the government's sole discretion. This notice represents a standard pre-award transparency measure that allows the marketplace to respond before a sole source award is finalized.