Blood Coagulation Analyzer and Reagents

INTRODUCTION

The Medical Readiness Contracting Office-East is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support providing all personnel, equipment, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, training, and other items and services necessary to provide hemostasis automation systems and reagents. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Location:100% On-Site Government / 0% Off-Site Contractor

Womak Army Medical Center, Fort Liberty, North Carolina

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Contractor shall provide non-personal services to include, but not limited to, all personnel, equipment, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, training, and other items and services necessary to provide hemostasis automation systems and reagents. The contract pricing must be an all-inclusive price within the Cost Per Reagent purchase.  The contractor selected is responsible for equipment and services at the main facility at Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC), Fort Liberty, NC. Further detail is provided in the draft Statement of Work (SOW) attached to this announcement (Attachment 1).

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 339112 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1000 employees. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. PCS Code for this requirement is 6630 - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (SITE VISIT)

Medical Readiness Contracting Office-East may hold a site visit at the Womack Army Medical Center and will be announced with the corresponding solicitation This proposed site visit will enable potential Offerors to further understand the history behind the requirement as well as tour certain areas of specific interest for the intended requirement. Attendance at the site visit is not a requirement and in no way will it have any effect on any company from submitting