The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Centers for Environmental Health hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to Sigma Aldrich, Inc. 3050 Spruce Street, Saint Louis, MO 63103. This contract is for various chemicals and supplies for the development of analytical methods. The specific chemicals and supplies are listed as an attachment to this notice (entitled "Item List"). Award to Sigma Aldrich for the items is necessary to ensure the continuity of established CLIA methods with in the CDC Emergency Response Branch (ERB). Additionally, a number of developed methods in the ERB were characterized and validated using Sigma-Aldrich branded chemicals and/or supplies. Therefore, it is critical to obtain the exact materials to support method reliability and continuity.

The anticipated delivery date is 2-3 months after contract award.

This sole source contracting action is conducted pursuant to the authority under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. North American Classification System Code (NAICS) is 334516 with a standard business size of 1000 employees.

Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Environmental Health.

The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals; however, the Government will consider any responses from capable sources received within 15 days after date of publication of this notice.

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Sherrie Blackmon, at [email protected] via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response).

Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission - 2017-Q-67343

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