Redacted Sole Source for Histological Services

This is a notice of intent to issue an award on the basis of other than full and open competition in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106(b) where only one source is reasonably available to provide the research and development services.  The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) intends to award a single source award on behalf of the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) to FD Neurotechnologies Consulting and Services located at 9115 Guilford Road, Suite 100, Columbia, Maryland 21046-2597.  The total anticipated award value is $112,978.00 for a twelve-month base period and two twelve-month option periods.

The requirement is for the sectioning and staining of 55 rodent brains using FD Neurotechnoloies' stain and proprietary process.  This is a sole source as this is a follow-on to W81XWH-15-D-0044 for consistency in the results of the slides.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS.  However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same service.  All capability statements received by closing of this notice will be considered by the Government.  A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within discretion of the Government.  Information recieved will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition procurement.

Responses should be furnished electronically to erin.j.maddox.civ@mail.mil no later than 8:00 Am Eastern time on 19 September 2017.