PACE Conditioning System Notice of Intent to Sole source

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity plans to award a sole-source contract to Med Associates Inc. for the replacement of critical components within the PACE Lab’s aging Conditioning System, a system that has been in continuous use by the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience for over a decade. The system is essential for collecting behavioral data on animal models to study the effects of stress and drugs on performance, and maintaining consistency with existing datasets requires continued use of the same proprietary hardware and software. Med Associates Inc. is the exclusive provider of the Med-PC VI software suite, Video Fear Conditioning software, camera bundles, and other hardware integral to the system, making them the only responsible source capable of ensuring data continuity and system functionality. The contract, identified by solicitation number PACE_Conditioning_System_PANDHA26P0000_040064, is being issued under FAR 12.102(a) as a sole-source action, with a response deadline of June 13, 2026. The work will be performed at Silver Spring, Maryland, with the contracting office located at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Primary point of contact for inquiries is Jaclyn Diaz, with Sharew Hailu serving as secondary contact. The North American Industry Classification System code assigned is 334516, reflecting the specialized nature of the equipment being procured, and no set-aside designation applies to this acquisition.