--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE - Hardware Maintenance in Support of the IBM Linear Tape Library (LTO)

The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity plans to award a sole source one-year contract to Dynamix Corporation for hardware maintenance services supporting the IBM Linear Tape Library (LTO). The contract will cover maintenance of this specific hardware, and no solicitation document exists for this procurement. Although the award is intended to be sole source, other firms capable of providing the required services are invited to submit written notifications to the Contracting Officer within ten calendar days of the notice publication. These submissions must include sufficient detail to demonstrate capability to fulfill the contract requirements. All responses must be mailed to the designated Contracting Officer at USAMRAA, with no telephone inquiries accepted. The Government will evaluate any received responses but retains sole discretion to proceed with the sole source contract regardless of submissions. If no responses are received within the specified timeframe, the contract will be awarded directly to Dynamix Corporation to maintain the IBM Linear Tape Library hardware. This procurement falls under NAICS code 811212 and is related to ongoing hardware support critical to the Army’s medical research infrastructure.