Onsite training and installation of a laboratory information system (LIS)

The Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate a Sole Source, Firm Fixed Price contract and will utilize procedures under FAR Part 13, with Dataworks, Development, Inc., Mountlake Terrace, WA. This procurement will be sole source due to Dataworks having propriety rights in the distribution of Freezerworks Unlimited. The requirement calls for a laboratory information system (LIS) having a lab result testing module linking all laboratory results conducted on a single specimen to the freezer inventory location and setting the LIS to conduct batch/single entry by IRB approved protocols. The Contractor shall provide onsite training of the complete LIS for U.S Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt. A complete RFQ package will be available on or about 19 May 2010 by downloading the documents at the Neco Website as follows: http:// www.neco.navy.mil. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 511210. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.