Frozen Human Serum Pools
This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) hereby announces its intent to award a sole source contract to Solomon Park Research Laboratories, Inc., 12815 NE 124th, Suite L, Kirkland, WA 98034 for the acquisition of thirteen (13) Frozen Human Serum Pools.
The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541380, Testing Laboratories. The period of performance for this procurement is 90 days.
The purpose of this procurement is to purchase thirteen (13) Frozen Human Serum Pools along with shipping materials from Solomon Park Research Laboratores, Inc. The Lipid Standardization Programs serve as the international reference point for clinical measurements and uses pools with pre-defined lipid profiles prepared in accordance with to the Clinical Laboratory Standardization Institute (CLSI) C37A to ensure the high integrity of the human specimens analyzed. These specimen are prepared and collected with the procedures and are used towards standardization activities and for the creation of reference materials. Solomon Park Research Laboratories is the only vendor who is certified and able to provide the required materials recommended for use in trueness control and calibration studies which are ongoing in the CDC Clinical Standardization Programs. This vendor offers the materials prepared with consistent quality, efficiency and reliability in accordance to CLSI 37A requirements for the collection and storage of commutable, high quality serum. Only Solomon Park Research Laboratories, Inc. can meet our specific requirements for the preparation, proper collection and storage of human specimens including availability, compatibility and time constraints to assure continuity of our program.
As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps.com. We will only issue a solicitation to Solomon Park Research Laboratories, Inc. However, all responsible sources who believe they can meet these requirements, may submit their capabilities and/or qualifications to Tonya S. Justice, Contracting Officer, via email to TJustice@cdc.gov, no later than 2:00pm eastern standard time on August 4, 2017. Reference solicitation number RFP #2017-Q-67200 in the subject line of the email.
A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and is solely in the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Tonya S. Justice, Contracting Officer, Phone 770-488-3282, Fax 770-488-8552, Email TJustice@cdc.gov
