--Notice of Intent to Award a Sole-Source Contract for Centron Environmental Monitoring System

The Directorate of Contracting at Fort Knox, KY, plans to award a sole-source contract to Rees Scientific of Trenton, NJ, for the procurement of one Centron Wireless Blood Bank Environmental Monitoring Tower Unit. This unit is chosen for its unique capabilities essential to environmental monitoring within blood banks and its compliance with FDA requirements, as well as standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). The contract solicitation identifies the purchase under NAICS code 334519 and is managed by the Department of Defense office at Fort Knox. Interested parties were invited to submit comments in writing by 2:00 PM local time on September 26, 2006, via fax or email to designated contacts at Fort Knox. The sole-source award reflects the specialized nature of the equipment, emphasizing its critical role in maintaining proper environmental conditions for blood storage and monitoring. The announcement, issued on September 21, 2006, under solicitation number USA-SNOTE-060921-012, underscores the government’s intent to procure the system from a single vendor due to the specific technological requirements not met by competing products.