59--CUSTOM FLUID BIO-CHIPS (ARRAY)

The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity proposes to award to Applied Biophysics, Inc, 185 Jordan Road, Troy, NY 12180 on a sole source basis for custom fluidic biochips (array) for research purposes at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD. The custom chips are the proprietary technology developed under and Army STTR by Agave Bisosystems and US Army Center for Environmental Health Research (USACEHR) specifically for use within the Environmental Sentinel Biomonitoring System (ESB) platform. The fluid biochips have been tested by USACEHR personnel and are the only chips that work satisfactory with ht e ESP platform. Competing this requirement and awarding to any other source would result in substantial delays. This procurement shall be under other than full and open competition procedures in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quote. Any response to this notice must be submitted in writing to the Government and show clear and convincing evidence that another source is capable of meeting the Governments requirements and that competition of the requirement would be advantageous to the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. After the publication of this announcement for fifteen (15) days, solicitation W81XWH-09-T-0574 will be posted for three days. The Point of Contact (POC) for this action is: [email protected].