Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Infectious diarrhea and respiratory infections

                                                                Notice of Intent to Sole Source
The Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC) intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR13.106-1(b)(1) to Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Avenida Honorio Delgado 430 Urb Urb, 375, Lima, Peru for the delivery of the described requirement in support of Naval Medical Research Unit Six (NAMRU-6). 
NAMRU-6 has a requirement to support ongoing research efforts to conduct research to Infectious diarrhea and respiratory infections remain a major threat to deployed military forces worldwide. The research must be conducted in Lima, Peru.
NAMRU-6 is currently engaged in preparation with the longitudinal, prospective study enrolling subjects on arrival and establishing a surveillance system to identify and study all diarrheal and respiratory episodes which may/will develop during their stay in Cusco in order to expand upon our existing dataset with the intent to publish the findings and develop the site as a venue for future clinical trials. The study shall be conducted using the same methodology of a vaccine trial done in this setting- identifying the incidence of diarrhea and respiratory illnesses associated with each enteropathogen or respiratory pathogen, accordingly. Questionnaires shall also be employed to further identify risk factors as well as severity of disease and overall impact of an infection. Given the collection of basic epidemiologic and demographic data over time, epidemics of diarrheal or respiratory disease will be able to be fully characterized as they spread through the school and determine mitigating factors which might be capitalized on to prevent transmission.
The proposed period of performance for this requirement is 66 months.
NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology.
The small business size standard, for NAICS Code 541715, is $1,000 employees.
If capable sources are not identified through this notice, then NMRLC intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and cost information in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to perform the required work. Capability statements shall not exceed 5 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font size no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source contract.
Capability statements are due by 10:00 AM Local Time, 4 August 2023 (15 days). Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: lendorph.e.ramos.civ@health.mil and CC ronald.d.govans2.civ@health.mil .