Automated Precision Line Dispensing System

1.1 The Naval Medical Research Unit is seeking information on a vendor that can provide an Automated Precision Line Dispensing System for a FIRM-FIXED rate. OBJECTIVE. The Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio (NAMRU-SA) requires, via this SOW, a vendor to provide an automated precision line dispensing platform. The automated dispensing platform needs to be optimized for non-contact, precision line dispensing of low volumes onto LFA membrane materials via a jet dispensing system. The vendor must be able to provide a precision line dispensing platform that is tailor-made to the design of LFA test strips and dispensing of antibody and nanoparticle bioconjugates. The equipment requested is instrumental for the reproducible construction of LFA test strips that will be used in our enhanced LFA design for the detection of oral disease biomarkers present in saliva. 1.1 Request For Information (RFI) and Sources Sought Only. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The RFI respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website: https://www.fbo.gov and the GSA E-Commerce Central website: http://www.gsa.gov . It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.