Direct Award-LABWORKS Assist Support Plan

The West Virginia Department of Administration Purchasing Division issued a direct award solicitation for the LABWORKS Assist Support Program on August 31, 2023, with a closing date of September 13, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. (Solicitation Number: ASSD 1400 AGR2400000002, Version 1). This procurement, classified under commodity code 81112200, represents a direct award determination under West Virginia Code 5A-3-10c, indicating that the vendor and service have been pre-identified without competitive solicitation. The service will be delivered to the Moorefield Field Office located at 60B Industrial Park Road, Moorefield, West Virginia 26836-0302, with invoicing directed to the Department of Administrative Services at 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0173. While the specific scope of services and detailed deliverables are not fully enumerated in the available documentation, this procurement appears to constitute a modification to an existing arrangement rather than an entirely new engagement. Interested parties should direct procurement inquiries to Cynthia D. Fisher at the West Virginia Department of Administration Purchasing Division at (304) 558-2221 or cfisher@wvda.us.

The documentation provided does not specify set-aside designations, restrictions on eligible respondents, disadvantaged enterprise preferences, or evaluation criteria for this direct award procurement. Incumbent vendor information and specific contract duration terms are not detailed in the available materials. Similarly, the specific award value, budget range, unit pricing, quantities, and total contract amounts are not disclosed in the solicitation documents. The direct award nature of this procurement, authorized under West Virginia Code 5A-3-10c, suggests that a single vendor has been pre-identified and approved for this engagement, thereby limiting this opportunity to a sole-source vendor arrangement rather than an open competitive solicitation.