SAM #PACE_Conditioning_System_PANDHA26P0000_040064

Sole Source Notice: Med Associates Inc. Conditioning System Components for WRAIR CMPN

This notice announces the Defense Health Agency's intent to award a sole source contract to Med Associates Inc. for replacement and upgrade components for the PACE Lab's Conditioning System at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) CMPN. - Sole source procurement to Med Associates Inc. for proprietary animal behavioral conditioning system components - Replacement and update of Med-PC VI software suite, Video Fear Conditioning software, camera bundles, and associated hardware - Med Associates Inc. is the only supplier due to system compatibility and continuity with over a decade of research data - No other vendors or OEMs are considered; procurement is limited to Med Associates Inc. products - Contracting office located at Fort Detrick, MD; place of performance is Silver Spring, MD - No specific quantities or part numbers provided in the notice - No service line items or competing products listed

Description

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHCA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis IAW RFO/FAR 12.102(a) to Med Associates Inc, 166 Industrial Park RD Fairfax, Vermont 05454-4452, United States as the only responsible source that can provide Walter Reed Army institute of Research (WRAIR), Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience (CMPN) the replacement for components of its currently owned and aging Conditioning System. The Government requires Med Associates Inc.’s Med-PC VI software suite and Video Fear Conditioning software as well as camera bundles and other associated hardware needing replacement.

The PACE Lab currently requires an update and replacement of components within its Conditioning System. The Med Associates Inc. Conditioning System has been utilized by CMPN for over 10 years, during which time large data sets have been compiled across many studies to better understand stress effects or drug effects on behavioral performance. For these analyses to remain valid for use with new studies, CMPN must collect data on the same system, using the same measurement approaches and units. Med Associates Inc. is the sole supplier and proprietary manufacturer of the animal behavioral conditioning system manufactured by Med Associates Inc.

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