PACE Conditioning System Notice of Intent to Sole source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- PACE_Conditioning_System_PANDHA26P0000_040064
- Agency
- Not on record
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity published a notice of intent to sole-source a PACE Conditioning System replacement to Med Associates Inc. on June 3, 2026, with a June 13, 2026 deadline for interested parties to file a protest or challenge.
DHCA intends to award a sole-source contract to Med Associates Inc., 166 Industrial Park Road, Fairfax, Vermont, under FAR 12.102(a). The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research's Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience requires replacement components for its aging conditioning system, including Med-PC VI software suite, Video Fear Conditioning software, camera bundles, and associated hardware. CMPN has operated the Med Associates conditioning system for over ten years and has compiled large datasets across multiple studies examining stress and drug effects on behavioral performance. Continued use of the same system, measurement approaches, and units is necessary to maintain validity of existing data for use in new studies. Med Associates Inc. is identified as the sole supplier and proprietary manufacturer of this animal behavioral conditioning system; no other source can provide the required compatibility and measurement continuity.
The notice covers analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing (NAICS 334516) and laboratory equipment and supplies (PSC 6640).
Notice text
The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHCA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis IAW RFO/FAR 12.102(a) to Med Associates Inc, 166 Industrial Park RD Fairfax, Vermont 05454-4452, United States as the only responsible source that can provide Walter Reed Army institute of Research (WRAIR), Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CMPN) the replacement for components of its currently owned and aging Conditioning System. The Government requires Med Associates Inc.’s Med-PC VI software suite and Video Fear Conditioning software as well as camera bundles and other associated hardware needing replacement.
The PACE Lab currently requires an update and replacement of components within its Conditioning System. The Med Associates Inc. Conditioning System has been utilized by CMPN for over 10 years, during which time large data sets have been compiled across many studies to better understand stress effects or drug effects on behavioral performance. For these analyses to remain valid for use with new studies, CMPN must collect data on the same system, using the same measurement approaches and units. Med Associates Inc. is the sole supplier and proprietary manufacturer of the animal behavioral conditioning system manufactured by Med Associates Inc.
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