Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The United States Army Medical Research Acquistion Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, MD intends to issue a sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures to the Pasteur Institut of Cambodia, 5 Monivong Boulevard, BP 983, Phnom Pehn, Cambodia for services to provide laboratory analysis that cannot be provided elsewhere in Cambodia of clinical samples that are suspected to be positive for influenza virus. The Institut Pasteur is designated as the National Influenza Center (NIC) for Cambodia and the only laboratory operating in Cambodia currently capable of providing the required analyses. Current national health policy precludes shipping of samples outside Cambodia or to non-approved reference laboratories. This notice of intent is for information purposes only. All sources eligible to provide this service must respond in writing. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence to clearly be able to provide services outlined above. A request for documentation will not be considered as an affirmative response. If no responses are received, within 15 days after publication of this notice, to the effect that comparable services are available, and that it is more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these services through a sole-source contract, then a sole source acquisition award will be made. Response to this notice is to be sent to wanda.harper@amedd.army.mil.