UNITY REAL TIME LICENSE AND QUALITY CONTROL REAGENTS

The Medical Readiness Contracting Office – Pacific, Joint Base Lewis McChord Health Contracting Branch is issuing this sources sought notice for informational purposes only. The notice is a means of conducting market research to identify industry’s capabilities.

The Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) Department of Pathology requires the provision of Unity Real Time Software and Brand Name Bio-Rad Quality Control (QC) materials listed in the attached statement of work, to maintain timely laboratory testing capabilities. Any potential supplier of items required within this contract must be an authorized distributor of Bio-Rad, 2000 Alfred Nobel Drive, Hercules, CA 94547. The manufacturer will sequester the required QC materials to ensure that no more than one lot change occurs per contract year. All QC material provided will be identical to those used in the FDA 510K approval application. See the attached statement of work for additional details.

This sources sought notice is not a solicitation for quotations, proposals nor invitation for bids. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is strictly voluntary and will not be compensated. Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged. The Government will not evaluate the information received nor provide comments or feedback.

Your response to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities and qualifications statement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation nor award a contract under this announcement. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-Wide Point of Entry (GPE).  It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Eligibility

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 325413 – In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. The product service code is 6550 in vitro diagnostic substances, reagents, test kits and sets. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond.

Submission Details

Interested parties are requested to submit responses via email. The interested party are encouraged to submit a capability statement that clearly demonstrates their software and quality control products meet all the salient characteristics, timeliness and testing capabilities. Additionally, the Government requests that interested parties provide information for the corresponding reagents required for testing. The email subject line should be “Sources Sought Response for W81K0225QA081.” Capability Statements may be in either Microsoft Word, Portable Document Format (PDF), and shall be addressed to dylan.j.ford.civ@health.mil and scott.a.barr.civ@health.mil.  Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should not be included in your response.