Sole Source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- HT9425081925BDM
- Agency
-
Defense Health Agency
Department of Defense
- 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
- Dover AFB, Delaware, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), in support of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES), has issued a sole source special notice for the procurement of an Agilent 8890 GC Headspace instrument. This notice, posted on August 19, 2025, with a response deadline of September 3, 2025, announces the agency's intent to award the contract exclusively to Agilent Technologies without competitive bidding. The procurement falls under NAICS code 334516 for Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and PSC category 6640 for Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. The instrument is required by the AFMES Division of Forensic Toxicology (DFT) to maintain critical operational capabilities. The DFT supports military autopsies, aircraft incidents, criminal investigations including drug-facilitated sexual assaults and DUI/DWI cases, fitness-for-duty inquiries, and selected cases of national interest.
The sole source justification centers on maintaining continuity of operations for the DFT, which processes over 15,000 cases annually that directly impact operational readiness and national security. The agency determined that only Agilent Technologies can provide the required instrument without necessitating costly staff retraining or redevelopment of standardized testing methods. Any disruption to current procedures would invalidate existing analytical drug testing protocols and require weeks to months of method validation, during which the laboratory would be unable to report case results. This operational stoppage would have detrimental effects on military operations worldwide, delaying death certificates, testing results for flight crews involved in mishaps, and all criminal and fitness-for-duty investigations. The notice emphasizes that failure to award this contract immediately could suspend laboratory testing operations throughout the Department of Defense.
Notice text
This notice announces the intent by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) in support of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) to procure an Agilent 8890 GC Headspace instrument on a sole source basis.
This requirement is essential for AFMES Division of Forensic Toxicology (DFT), to maintain operation capabilities. The AFMES DFT mission provides toxicological examination for military autopsies, aircraft incidents, criminal investigations (including drug-facilitated sexual assaults and DUI/DWI), fitness-for-duty inquiries, and selected cases of national interest. Each year the DFT processes more than 15,000 cases, many of which directly affect operational readiness and/or national security.
Agilent Technologies is the only company which offers the instrument meeting the minimum requirements of the government, without the additional cost of re-training staff or re-developing testing methods. Due to the nature of our mission and the exactness required in performing various drug screening/testing procedures, it is imperative that staff not need additional training to use the instrument, and that time and effort not be expended on developing new methods on unfamiliar instrumentation.
Failure to award this requirement to Agilent Technologies would invalidate current standardized analytical drug testing procedures and would result in numerous man-hours being used to correct any deficiencies. The method validation process would take weeks to months to complete and during this time the DFT would not be able to report any case results. This type of stoppage would be detrimental to all military contributors worldwide and delay the release of death certificates, testing results for ground flight crews involved in mishaps, and delay all criminal and fit for duty investigations. Failure to award this contract immediately could lead to suspended laboratory testing which impacts missions throughout the DoD.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 334516 and FSC 6640.
This Special Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.
All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Brian Miller at brian.d.miller1.civ@health.mil.
Interested concerns must identify their capability in writing to the above email address listed above no later than 1:00 PM ET, 3 September 2025.
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