Provide services in support of the development of a rapid and sensitive hand held mircr;ofluidic device for the rapid detection of viable bacteria of biodefence interest using acoustic wave's technology

The United States Department Of Naval Medical Research Center(NMRC) intends to award a sole source contract, Aviana Molecular Technolgies , LLC, Orlando, FL 32826. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals however If interested Government shall consider all responses.

1. Production and delivery of an initial report on the current status of Avianas laboratory-based prototype plaform - 1 EA.;
2. Report on development of the neutravidin coating on the surface of the sensor - 1 EA.;
3. Pruoduction and technical evaluation of the platform for detecting live versus dead Staphylococcus aureus by hydridizing phage biomelecule probes to an acoustic sensor chip. (Technical evaluation includes sensitivity, specificity, and limit of detections for in vitro samples) - 1 EA.;
4. Production and technical evaluation of the platform for detecting live versus dead Bacillus thuringiensis by hybriidizing phage biomolecule probes to an acoustic sensor chip. (Technical evaluation includes sensitivity, specificity, and limit of detections for in vitro samples.) - 1 EA.;
5. Delivery of platform to NMRC/BDRD for testing and in-house evaluation - 1 EA.;
6. Production of a final report in collaboration with NMRC/BDRD - 1 EA.
The NAICS code for this action is 325413. This requirement will be procured under the guidelines of FAR Part 12 Commercial Items. NMRC requires that all contractors doing business with the Acquisition Office must be registered with the Systems For Award Management (SAM). No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in Systems For Award Management. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following website: http://www.sam.gov/. In order to register with the SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this Acquisition Office, all offers must have a DUN & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet online at https://www.dnb.com/products/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505

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