Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Award

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: This notice announces the intent by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to procure one (1) Halo 1 Module Seat License, Product Code PRO774 without competition as prescribed in FAR 13.501(a)(1)(i). Specifically, the Government will procure this software manufactured by Indica Labs. The software can only be purchased from Indica Labs; the company has no authorized resellers for this particular software. The Pathology Division within USAMRIID is responsible for providing pathological support to multiple divisions within USAMRIID requiring immediate pathology analysis of animal tissue to evaluate the pathology of infectious agents or efficacy of medical countermeasure candidates. The Zeiss LSM 880 confocal microscope in the Pathology Division provides critical information of the animal responses to the MCMs by imaging cellular markers and viral/bacterial antigens. Halo 1 Module software is required to segment, extract, and quantify imaging cellular markers and viral/bacterial antigens with image analysis software. Essential requirements are: 1. Software shall have the ability to directly import Zeiss imaged files in CZI format. 2. Software shall have compatibility with Zeiss confocal microscope Windows 7 Ultimate operating system. 3. Software shall have the capability of performing optimally at 20x working magnification 5. Software shall have batch analysis mode capability. 6. Software shall have Spatial Analysis functionality. 7. Software shall have capability to automatically detect all channels and automatically populate all dye fields. 8. Software shall have simultaneous analysis of an unlimited number of fluorescent markers in any cellular compartment - nucleus, cytoplasm, and/or membrane. 9. Software shall be used in conjunction with most fluorescent whole-slide image formats, multispectral floating-point tiff images and whole-slide qptiff images. Indica Labs Halo 1 Module Seat License (Product Code PRO774) is the only software that can be used in conjunction with the on the Zeiss LSM 880 confocal microscope. Indica Labs is the only company that can sell and provide the software. The software is required to segment, extract, and quantify imaging cellular markers and viral/bacterial antigens with image analysis software. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 511210 and FSC 7K20. Proposed solicitation number: W81XWH-22-Q-0031. This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under FAR 5.102(a)(6) and 5.203(a). USAMRAA intends to publish a solicitation no sooner than 15 days after publishing this synopsis. This Special Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. If no written responses are received by the date listed below, which reflects at least fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice, the solicitation will be issued as sole source. All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Jeff Flook at jeffrey.l.flook.civ@mail.mil. Interested concerns must identify their capability in writing to the email address listed above no later than 10:00 AM EST, 2 March 2022.