66--Educational Package

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center-Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) has a requirement to procure one(1) 120 V, lab equipment package to run Biotechnology Explorer kits and biotech and molecular biology labs, including Tetra blotting modules, and 8 workstations; education use only . ERDC-CERL intends to sole source this acquisition in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to Bio-Rad Laboratories. Market research has indicated that Bio-Rad Laboratories is the only source capable of meeting the Government's requirements for this commercial item. This is not a request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 325414 which has a size standard of 500 employees. This is not a small business set aside. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy. Please provide responses to this notice no later than August 12 , 2014 at 12:00pm, Central Standard Time (CST), to: [email protected] Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Contracting Office Address: ERDC-CERL, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005 Point of Contact(s): Lisa Bernard, 217-373-4425