Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Regional Health Contracting Office-Central, JBSA - Fort Sam Houston, Texas intends to award a firm-fixed-price sole source contract to the University of Texas at San Antonio, to provide specialized genotyping and bioinformatics services supporting projects for the Department of Clinical Investigations at Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The contract will be awarded to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106 (b) (1). This contract will be issued for a performance period of 28 September 2020 – 27 September 2021.

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541714, Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology). The small business size standard is 1,000 employees. UTSA is an other-than-small business under this NAICS code.

This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. In order for the Government to consider another source, the capability statement must identify the source's ability to comply with the attached draft performance work statement.

The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No requests 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. No telephonic inquires will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

NOTE: INTERESTED VENDORS MUST RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE BELOW POCs ON OR BEFORE 1 SEPTEMBER 2020 BY 4:00 PM CST IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. IT IS THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENT TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO FACT ON OR AFTER 4 SEPTEMBER 2020.

Point(s) of Contact:

Marvin Baker, Contract Specialist,

210 539-8523

e-mail - marvin.b.baker.civ@mail.mil

Michelle Bartkowski, Contracting Officer,

210-539-8655

e-mail – michelle.m.bartkowski.civ@mail.mil

Place of Performance:

Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.