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Notice of Intent to Sole Source the Procurement of Weekly Delivery of Turkey, Chicken, Guinea Pig, and Horse Red Blood Cells
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to Lampire Biological Laboratories for the weekly delivery of turkey, chicken, guinea pig, and horse red blood cells used in hemagglutination inhibition assays critical to influenza surveillance. These red blood cells must meet exacting biological performance standards to ensure compatibility with validated CDC assay protocols and to maintain the integrity of longitudinal data used for FluView reporting and vaccine strain selection. Lampire is the only known manufacturer whose products have been proven to consistently support these assays, and switching to an alternative supplier would require extensive and time-consuming validation to confirm equivalency, risking disruption to ongoing surveillance efforts. No competitive solicitation will be issued for this requirement, as the government has determined that Lampire Biological Laboratories is the sole source capable of meeting its operational needs without compromising data continuity. This notice serves solely to assess whether any other responsible sources could meet the technical and performance criteria, with any responses due by August 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time to the Contract Specialist at cbp0@cdc.gov. The procurement under NAICS code 325414 and PSC 6505 is managed by the CDC Office of Acquisition Services in Atlanta, Georgia, and all feedback received will be evaluated solely to determine whether a competitive process is warranted, with the final decision resting entirely at the government’s discretion.
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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a sole-source requirement.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract for weekly delivery of turkey, chicken, guinea pig, and horse red blood cells (RBCs) under product service code (PSC) 6505-Drugs and Biologicals and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code) 325414-Blood derivatives manufacturing, manufactured by Lampire Biological Laboratories for use in hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays performed by the CDC- National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)-Influenza Division. The required capability is the ability to consistently provide RBCs with the biological performance characteristics necessary to support validated HI assay methods and maintain continuity of CDC influenza surveillance data.
The required RBCs must be produced using manufacturing, donor sourcing, collection, processing, quality control, and storage practices that yield consistent hemagglutination performance across all required animal species. The products must demonstrate compatibility with the Influenza Division's validated assay protocols and preserve comparability with historical antigenic characterization data used for routine influenza surveillance, FluView reporting, and influenza vaccine strain selection.
Lampire Biological Laboratories is the only known manufacturer whose turkey, chicken, guinea pig, and horse RBCs have been validated for these established CDC HI assay protocols and have consistently demonstrated the performance characteristics required to maintain continuity of longitudinal surveillance data. Use of RBCs from another manufacturer would require extensive validation to establish equivalency and assess impacts on assay performance and historical data comparability. Until such equivalency is demonstrated, no other manufacturer's products will satisfy the Government's minimum requirement to support uninterrupted, consistent influenza surveillance.
No solicitation will be published for this requirement. This notice is issued solely to determine whether there are any responsible sources capable of meeting the Government's requirements.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all capability statements, or responses received within five (5) days of the issuance of this notice shall be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Any capability statement, or response should be emailed to the Contract Specialist, Ada Torres Vega, at cbp0@cdc.gov no later than August 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
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