--Intent to award sole source.

The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity proposes to award to Tecan US Inc., 4022 Stirrup Creek Dr STE 310, Durham, NC, on a sole source basis, for the purchase of software/hardward upgrade to an existing Tecan Freedom EVO 150 liquid handlin g platform located at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Competing this requirement and awarding to any other source would result in substantial delays and disruption of a project already in progress and would also increase the overall cost to t he Government if we were to purchase a new automated liquid handling system to accomplish what this upgrade will do. This procurement shall be under other than full and open competition procedures in accordance with FAR 6.302. Only one responsible sourc e and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for a competitive quote. Any response to this notice must be submitted in writing to the Government and show clear and convincing evidence that another sou rce is capable of meeting the Governments requirements and that competition of the requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If no written responses are received at least fifteen (15) days after the publication of this response, the purchase w ill be awarded without further notice. The Point of Contact (POC) for this action is: contact@example.gov.