The Southern Regional Contracting Office, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX, intends to award a sole source firm fixed price (FFP) contract to Instrumentation Laboratory 180 Hartwell Road, Bedford, MA. 01730 for open market reagents to use with Government Analyzers (ACL Elite PRO Analyzers) currently located at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) sole source. No other company is expected to respond to this requirement. Instrumentation Laboratory is the sole proprietary manufacturer and does not use distributors or sub license any portion of these products. (Period of Performance is 1 February 2014 - 31 January 2015). Award will be made on 22 January 2014. The NAICS code of this procurement is 325413 and the size standard is 500 employees. This notice is neither a request for quotes nor a solicitation of offers; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by this agency. The government shall not reimburse interested parties for submissions of capability statements in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice and any information provided will not be used as part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. E-mail is the preferred method of communication. No telephonic responses will be honored. NOTE: INTERESTED VENDORS, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE BY EMAIL ON OR BEFORE 21 JANUARY 2014, 11:00AM, CST. Point(s) of Contact: Anthony D. Browner, Contract Specialist, 254-286-7205, e-mail anthony.browner.civ @ mail. mil Tina Guillot, Contracting Officer, 254-286-7875, e-mail
[email protected] Place of Performance: Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas.