Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for Investigation of the Association between Vaccinations and Autism Prevalence. The vendor has unique ability to link children to maternal cohorts using proprietary databases and de-identified data sets, enabling advanced statistical analyses within the project's timeframe. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within 15 of 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 quotation/response should be emailed to contract specialist at contact@example.gov by 9/26/25 and must include - 75D30125Q78752 in the subject line of the email.