This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) intends to solicit a proposal and enter into a contract with Life Technologies Corporation, New York, NY. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) per FAR 6.302-1(c). The NAICS code for this action is 325413. This requirement will be procured under the guidelines of FAR Part 12 Commercial Services, NMRC requires that all contractors doing business with the Acqusition Office must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following website: https://www.sam.gov/ . In order to register with the CCR/SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must have a DUN & Bradstreet number. A DUN & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting DUN & Bradstreet on line at https://www.dnb.com/products/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. The following requirements are:

     Description                                                   Qty
1. #10966083BW, Platinum Taq DNA Pol, Spcl
     5000 reactions                                              28 EA
2. #12223012, Rox Reference Dye                      708 EA
3. #4366932, TF, OPTICAL FAST 96-WELL
    200 BULK                                                        4 EA.