Zyphone Super Mouse Caging

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for quotes. 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 Lab Products, Inc., to procure Zyphone Super Mousr cages QTY 1800. Lab Products, Inc. is the the current manufacturer of the current approved caging system currently in place at the NIAID.

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-RML-D-1826813) to Bevin Feutrier at bevin.feutrier@nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Friday, December 18th. 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.