Special Studies and analysis - not R&D / Support Services in country for Malaria in Cambodia

This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with University Research Co., LLC, 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. The support services required are facilities, laboratory equipment and supplies, and support personnel in country for Malaria studies in Cambodia. This is a part of an on-going study that started in 2014. The overall goal is to help establish research infrastructure that facilitates research relevant to control of Malaria in Cambodia. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. All responsible sources who feel they can meet these requirements shall submit their capability to perform these services in writing by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-16-1776938) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Thursday, February 18, 2016. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.