THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.
This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.
The Government anticipates a 12 month base period with four (4) 12- month option year contract.
As part of its market research, the Medical Readiness Contracting Office -West (MRCO-W) is issuing this Sources Sought notice to identify and determine if there are potential sources which have the capabilities to the lease of one (1) Microbial Identification and Susceptibility testing analyzer and one (1) Mass Spectrometer analyzer and the reagents/consumables needed to perform Gram positive Organism, Gram negative Organism, Anaerobic Organism, Yeast Organisms and Neisseria-Haemophilus Organisms on both analyzers and Mycobacterium Organism identification on the Mass Spectrometer. Needs to be able to interface with existing owned equipment used in workflow (Ref. Attachment 1). The Government may use the responses to this Sources Sought for information and planning purposes.
This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this source sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government wide Point of Entry, if applicable. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The NAICS code is 325413- In Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing.
Interested Vendors shall provide the following information:
1) Organization name, physical address, valid POC email address, Web site address, telephone number, SAM EUI number, business size under sources sought notice NAICS 325413.
2) Tailored capability statements no longer than 3 pages, addressing the particulars of this effort as stated in Attachment 1- Product Description, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational capability that can meet the government's technical requirement.
3) Show proof all required analyzers meet the required characteristics and features listed above and in the Product Description.
4) Submit the expected proposed Analyzers make and model along with identification of ATO approval number and expiration (if approved) or agree to go through the DHA RMF process to obtain the RMF ATO within acceptable timelines.
Telephonic responses WILL NOT be accepted.
Sources sought notice closing date: Monday, 16 June 2025, no later than 10AM (Mountain Time)
The Point of contact to email the above information before closing date is: Ms. Fabiola Palma-Trujillo at Fabiola.palma-trujillo.civ@health.mil and cc Ms. Karina Haddox at karina.s.haddix.civ@health.mil.
When responding to this notice, please include in the email subject line the following format: tailor to your company name. “Company name, Sources sought response- Microbial analyzer_Reagents
Attachment 1- Product Description-Microbial analyzers_reagents
