PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

CLASSIFICATION CODE: A

SUBJECT: Arthropod-Borne Pathogen Diagnostic Dried-down Reagents


SOLICITATION NUMBER: W81XWH-11-T-0182

RESPONSE DATE: June 16, 2011

CONTACT POINTS: Kimberly Hannan, Purchasing Agent, 301-619-3490; or Tonya Kreps, Contracting Officer, 301-619-2519.

This acquisition is being solicited as an unrestricted requirement. The standard classification NAICS code 541711.

The requirement will include a one year period of performance with four one year options.


DESCRIPTION: The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) has a requirement for the following:

The purpose of this requirement is to provide The company shall provide the customer with a dried-down prototype for testing by USAMRIID followed by discussion for optimization of the prototype for the production of a scaled up product.
The objective is to produce a dried-down PCR product that can be use by any organization for the testing of arthropods for pathogens. The initial focus will be to target Chikungunya virus and Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus, mosquito vectored and tick vectored, respectively. USAMRIID will provide the contractor a set of sequences for generating the dried-down reagent. Those reagents will be tested and results will be provided to the contractor for the creation of the modified scaled up version of the assay.

Option Years:
As required by the government, four one year options may be exercised subject to availibilty and the governments discression.


All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the agency. The competitive solicitation, solicitation amendments and all questions and answers relating to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ or https://www.fedbizopps.gov.

The solicitation is anticipated for release to the vendor community on or about, May 24, 2011, and will only be available until June 16, 2011. Specifications of the requirement are provided in solicitation: W81XWH-11-T-0182.

Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the website. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. To be eligible for an award, offerors MUST be registered with the Central Contractor Registry at https://ccr.gov/ and may have completed its representations and certification found at https://orca.bpn.gov/.

All questions should be addressed in writing to Kimberly Hannan, Purchasing Agent at [email protected]
Questions shall be submitted not later than 1200 hours (Eastern Day Light Savings Time) on June 1, 2011. Only one set of questions shall be received from each offeror. Numerous emails from one offeror shall not be accepted. Telephone requests will not be honored and bidder lists will not be maintained.


All interested parties shall provide their quote electronically to Kimberly Hannan at [email protected] by 12:00 p.m. ET on June 16, 2011.

Bid Protests Not Available