Intent to Sole Source - Horizon ELIMS Licenses

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.101(a)(2) requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source procurement contract, and is not a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole-source procurement is FAR Subpart 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Tenant Division, 6001 Combat Drive, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price contract to Chemware, Inc., located at 900 Ridgefield Dr, STE 150. Raleigh, NC 27609, to provide ten (10)Horizon Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Concurrent Licenses, 31 Horizon LIMS Named User Accounts, and 25 Horizon Report Manager Actuate Licenses the US Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center - Environmental Monitoring Laboratory (ECBC-EML). The licenses are required to record sample data at projects around the world in direct support of protecting the warfighter and providing emergency responses and remediation work to chemical and biological events. Due to the proprietary nature of the ECBC-EML's existing software, the Horizon LIMS system is only available from Chemware, Inc. Chemware, Inc. is the manufacturer and owns all proprietary data related to the required modifications. No other system meets the capabilities without unacceptable delays in fulfilling the requirement and/or substantial developmental costs to the Government. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Please contact Mr. David Humfleet, Contracting Officer, with responses or questions regarding this requirement at [email protected]. No telephonic inquiries will be accepted.