The Centers for Disease Control and the Division of Laboratory Sciences plan to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract to Solomon Park Research Laboratories, INC. The items to be procured are the "Whole Units of Serum and Pooled Serum Collected Using CLSI C37Aprotocol.

Only Solomon Park Research Laboratories is certified to provide the materials meeting the CLSI C37A requirements for the collection and storage of commutable, high quality serum necessary for the highly selective sample analysis of lipids in human serum, and for use in trueness control and calibration studies which are ongoing in the CDC Clinical Standardization Programs. Serum used in the programs must be collected off-the-clot on ice to minimize enzymatic degradation or alteration of serum units in order to replicate serum collection in tubes used in patient care, without the addition of anticoagulants, additives or stabilizers as required by CLSI C37A. The preparation of these samples to these specific requirements can only be met by Solomon Park Research Laboratories for this program.

The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 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 requirements. The NAICS code for this procurement is 621991 Blood and Organ Banks, size standard $32,500,000.00
No solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. This notice of intent is not a request for quote. A determination by the government not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

Interested parties who believe they possess the capability to satisfy this requirement should submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet the requirement. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses should be emailed to Mr. Philip Robinson at [email protected] using solicitation number 75D-301-19-Q-70398 in the subject line no later than 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, August 1, 2019.

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