The Medical Readiness Contracting Office – East, Eisenhower Health Contracting Branch located on Fort Eisenhower, Georgia is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Matrix – Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization – Time of Flight (MALDI – TOF), Bacterial Identification (ID)/Antibiotic Susceptibility (AST) – Includes Equipment, Consumables, Reagents, Training and Maintenance. The intention is to procure these supplies on a competitive basis.
BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.
All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
DISCLAIMER
“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE).
REQUIRED CAPABILITIES
The Contractor shall provide one (1) analyzer capable of providing bacterial identification and AST results, and one (1) MALDI – TOF mass spectrophotometry in support Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center (DDEAMC), Department of Pathology. The draft Statement of Work Statement (SOW) is attached to this announcement.
If your organization has the potential capacity to supply this requirement, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, Cage Code, Unique Entity Identifier and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.
ELIGIBILITY
The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 325413 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1250. The Product Service Code is 6550. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.
The contract type is anticipated to be Firm Fixed Price.
Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Sherina Ross, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email.
All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.
The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.
