76 -- Guides to provide Nationa laboratory Standards & Guidelines

The 436th Contracting Squadron intends to make a sole-source award to the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, PA 19087-1898. This action is required to purchase 35 documents from CLSI which provide national laboratory standards and guidelines. The NAICS code is 561110. Under he authority provided in Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1(b), the Contracting Officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Interested parties are invited to submit information concerning their capabilities, experience, and other data pertinent to their ability to provide the same type items no later than 4:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday, 5 March 2008. Written response must provide clear and concise documentation indicting your firm?s capability to provide the documents. This is not a request for proposal and the Government does not intend to pay for information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of an evaluation of the information received. No contract award will be made on the basis of responses received; however, the information will be used in the Contracting Officer?s assessment of capable sources. Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Luz Santiago at 302 677-5225 or via email: [email protected]. Only email responses will be permitted. If after 4:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, 5 March 2008 no viable responses have been received, the Contracting Officer shall initiate a contract award solely to CLSI.