--SPECIAL PLATFORM INTERIOR DECONTAMINATION AND EQUIPMENT RESTORATION (SPIDER) LIMITED OBJECTIVE EXPERIMENT (LOE)

The contract involves the Edgewood Division of the US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command Acquisition Center intending to award a sole source contract to STERIS Corporation. The scope includes repair, refurbishment, test support, and operation of specialized decontamination equipment used in the Special Platform Interior Decontamination and Equipment Restoration (SPIDER) Limited Objective Experiment. This effort supports the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical Biological Defense and is managed by the US Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center. STERIS Corporation is uniquely qualified as the original manufacturer of the custom-built equipment involved. The solicitation, identified as USA-SNOTE-080130-006, was posted on January 30, 2008, by the Department of Defense office located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The contract underscores the critical need for maintaining specialized equipment related to chemical and biological defense research and experimentation. No competitive bidding will occur due to the proprietary nature of the equipment, ensuring continuity and expertise in supporting the SPIDER experiment.