This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. Naval Medical Research Center/BDRD (NMRC) intends to solicit a proposal and enter into a contract with Life Technologies Corporation, Grand Island, NY. The statutory for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) per FAR Part 6.302-1(1)(c). The NAICs code for this action is 325413. This requirement will be procured under the guidelines of FAR Part 12 Commercial Items, NMRC requires that all contractors doing business with the Acquisition 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 with the CCR/SAM, please access the following website: https://www.sam.gov/. In order to regiter with CCR/SAM and to be elligible 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/requestOption.html. or by phone (800) 333-0505. This following requirements are:

Item #                           Description                                          Qty.
0001.   CAT#:12223012, Rox Reference Dye                               800 ea.
0002.   CAT#:10966083BW, Platinum Taq DNA POl, Spcl                40 ea.
            5000 Reactions
0003     Shipping and Handling Charge                                            1 ea.