SAM #75N98026Q00416

Technical Support Services for NIAID's ICER Cambodia

NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is seeking technical support services for its International Centers of Excellence for Research (ICER) in Cambodia. - Government buyer: - National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management - Vendor: - Axle Informatics (sole source provider) - Services requested: - Clinical research support - Patient care - Recruitment for ongoing and new clinical trials - Emphasis on malaria research - Unique requirements: - Sole source bridge contract to maintain continuity of operations - No specific products, OEMs, or part numbers; focus is exclusively on services - Services delivered at multiple ICER sites throughout Cambodia - Period of performance: - Three months, intended as a bridge to a future long-term procurement - Place of performance: - Various sites throughout Cambodia - NIH contracting office in Bethesda, MD

Description

THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE NOTICE OF INTENT COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.  

The National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) without providing for full and open competition. This purchase order is for technical support for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) International Centers in Excellence (ICER) in various sites throughout the country of Cambodia to Axle Informatics, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 400, North Bethesda, MD 20852. 

The rationale for a sole source award is due to Axle Informatics currently supporting this requirement under the expiring Operations and Technical Support Services (OTSS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). Crucial clinical research support services are required as several clinical trials conducted by NIAID are in process, with new trials expecting to start in the near future. Without continuous clinical research support services, including patient care and recruitment, clinical research into diseases, most prominently malaria, will lapse and valuable research knowledge will be lost and current patients will be unable to recieve care. NIAID is in the process of planning for the successor acquisition; this three (3) month period of performance will enable NIAID to solicit and award a new procurement to fulfill this requirement on a long-term. Therefore, this acquisition is restricted to Axle Informatics.  

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