--Intent to Award to Fisher Scientific

Madigan Army Medical Center plans to award a contract to Fisher HealthCare for the provision of Biosite's Triage BNP BCIS Panel Kits, under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 13.106-1. The contract will have a base year followed by four option years, with a not-to-exceed amount of $373,791 annually, amounting to a total value of $1,868,955 over the entire award period. The government has indicated that this notice is not a solicitation for competitive proposals and reserves the discretion to decide whether to pursue competitive procurement based on responses received, with no solicitation to be issued. The contract's intent is to streamline acquisition by directly awarding to Fisher HealthCare, without engaging in an open competitive process at this stage. Information submitted in response to this notice will primarily be used to determine the necessity of competition and will not constitute a formal solicitation. Specific details such as the solicitation number or work location remain unspecified, reflecting a focus on securing the necessary medical kits for the Army medical center under this planned multi-year agreement.