Protection 1 Risk-Share Comprehensive Service Agreement

The Department of the Army Medical Command, through the Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is seeking market research for a Protection 1 Risk-Share Comprehensive Service Agreement to provide annual preventive maintenance and repair services for Becton Dickinson's Phoenix Automated Identification and Susceptibility Testing System at Brooke Army Medical Center. The contractor must deliver comprehensive maintenance services including two complete scheduled service inspections annually, maintain a 1-hour telephone response and 4-hour on-site response capability for system failures, and provide unlimited on-site repairs with parts and labor at no additional cost. Key qualifications include a field service technician with a minimum of two years' experience in Becton Dickinson medical equipment maintenance and the ability to perform at least 50% of the work in-house. The government is conducting this sources sought notice to evaluate market capability and may pursue either unrestricted competition or a small business set-aside based on the responses received. Interested parties must submit a 10-page capabilities statement by January 21, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. CST, addressing past performance, technical skills, subcontractor management capabilities, and work performance capacity.

This procurement carries no set-aside designation at this stage, though the government has indicated particular interest in responses from small business concerns, including 8(a), Small Disadvantaged, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Women-Owned Small Business entities. The contract is structured as a firm fixed-price agreement with a 1-year base period beginning April 1, 2026, followed by four optional 12-month renewal periods extending through March 31, 2031. The specific award value and budget ceiling have not been disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice. The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) with a small business size standard of $34 million in annual revenue, and the contract may be subject to the Service Contract Act depending on final determination. The full solicitation is anticipated to follow based on the feedback received from this sources sought phase.