The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) a component of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) under The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), intends to issue on a sole source basis a fixed-price purchase order in accordance with FAR Part 13.106 under simplified acquisition procedures to the following source; Allentown, Inc. located in Allentown, NJ for IVC, Mouse, 48 Cages. This proposed award is being conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Justification:
A complete containment system with air-tight sealed cages for housing infected mice for on-going research using infectious disease models including BSL-2 human pathogens is required. The rodent housing system must provide complete containment to protect personnel from inadvertent exposure to pathogens. The aforementioned entity, is the only known source that provides a complete containment system offering the level of protection required.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 332999; small business size standard is 750 employees.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The government will consider all responsible sources received by the due date. Written responses must contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona-fide capability to fulfill the requirement. If no written responses are received, a purchase order will be issued without further notice.

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