The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, MD in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), intends to issue a sole source firm-fixed priced award for software. The authority for the sole source justification and other than full and open competition procedures will be FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) Only One Source Reasonably Available. The applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 511210.

The vendor for this requirement is Qiagen, Inc. Qiagen is the manufacturer and sole distributor of their software. There are no licensed authorized resellers.

The Diagnostic Systems Division (DSD) of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) requires Qiagen software to analyze large amounts of scientific data, specifically gene expression, proteomics, and metabolomics data in the context of signaling cascades/pathways and systems biology. This software is necessary for analysis of large amounts of data that require a systems-based analysis. This action is for a software renewal of five licenses currently in use by the USAMRIID DSD. The milestones of a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) funded research effort are based on the systems biology capabilities of Qiagen software. Continued usage of this software is necessary to enable future research to correlate with present and past data analysis and to provide comparable, accurate and precise data results. It is not possible to deviate from continued use of this software; lack of continued usage of Qiagen software would abrogate continuity and violate established research protocols.

This Notice of Intent to award a Sole Source Contract is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action is based upon market research and is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No request for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice and any information provided will not be used as part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responses shall be sent via electronic e-mail to the POC, Jeff Flook, at [email protected]. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored.