Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, MD 21702, in support of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), intends to award a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Meso Scale Discovery for consumable reagents and multiplex assay kits. The proposed Blanket Purchase Agreement is for supplies, for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), FAR citation is 13.501(a)(1)(i), Only one source reasonably available and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The proposed contractor, Meso Scale Discovery, is the only source for proprietary supplies for Sector Imager 2400, Sector Imager 2600, and QuickPlex 120 SQ instrumentation, due to the fact that Meso Scale Discovery is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the required consumable kits and reagents used to assess biomarkers and cytokine expression in biological research samples. The applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 325413.

This Notice of Intent to award a Sole Source Contract is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action is based upon Sources Sought Notice W81XWH-17-R-0017 on FBO and is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No request for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice and any information provided will not be used as part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responses shall be sent via electronic e-mail to the POC, Jeffrey Flook, at jeffrey.l.flook.civ@mail.mil. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored.