MBF Bioscience System Upgrade

Notice of Intent to Sole Source MBF Bioscience System Upgrade of Olympus BX-53 and BX-61 Microscope The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)intends to award a sole source Firm-Fixed Price supply contract to MICROBRIGHTFIELD Inc., doing business as MBF Bioscience, 185 Allen Brook Lane, Suite 101, Williston, VT 05495-9209 (DUNS 787008242; CAGE Code: 1CLS0) for hardware and software upgrades to the current MBF Bioscience system on an existing USAMRICD Olympus BX-53 microscope, and add an MBF System to an existing Olympus BX-61 microscope. The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) has a mission to discover and develop medical products and knowledge solutions against chemical threats with the vision of strengthening our nation and our world by rendering chemical threats medically harmless. These upgrades are necessary to support ongoing mission critical research and complete the National Institute of Health milestones. MBF Bioscience has been verified to have hardware and software compatible with the existing Olympus BX-53 & BX-61 microscopes currently used in the MRICD laboratory. The required Stereo Investigator software performs analysis of tissues in a unique way as compared to other stereology software. Stereo Investigator is able to perform this function not as an independent software using previously acquired images, but integrated into the microscope by actively analyzing sections of brain tissue. The statutory authority permitting the acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1901. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) citation is 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), and the FAR citation title is "Only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreement, brand name or industrial mobilization)". This Notice of Intent to Sole Source is for informational purposes only in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.201 and not a request for competitive proposals. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Interested parties should submit a Capability Statement and pricing information for this requirement before the closing date of this public notice. A determination to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Interested vendors should submit the Capability Statement in response to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source electronically by 10:00 a.m.. (EST) 27 August via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Catherine Hutchinson at Catherine.hutchinson4.civ@mail.mil. No phone calls will be accepted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation.