Manufacture of Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) Strips   3

The ACC-APG, Edgewood Division/Detrick Branch, on behalf of the Joint Project Lead CBRND Enabling Biotechnologies (JPL CBRND-EB) Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO) intends to issue a small business set-aside solicitation under FAR Part 15, to manufacture Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) strips. The DBPAO manages the procurement of LFI strips used in the assembly of end items for the Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS), and the Joint Portal Shield (JPS) System, as well as individual Hand Held Assays (HHA) used by Department of Defense entities for domestic preparedness, Homeland Defense, counter-terrorist operations and by Other Government Agencies (OGAs). These LFI strips may also be distributed to end users of DBPAO products or supplied as Government Furnished Materials (GFM) when needed for government contracted activities. DBPAO reviews all requests for LFI strips to ensure that these strips are only delivered to qualified entities.

Contractor capabilities required for LFI strip manufacturing include: Capability to supply LFI strips for subsequent assembly in individual HHA, JBPDS and JPS detection system end items; Capability to perform first article testing and production lot testing for LFI strip manufacture; Capability to cut LFI strips, ship LFI strips to a Government directed Conformance Test Laboratory (CTL) for testing, and ship LFI strips to a Government contractor performing end-item manufacturing/assembly; Capability to store LFI strips and antigens at 2-8 Celsius, and antigens at -80 Celsius; and Manufacturing facilities with temperature- and humidity-controlled manufacturing work areas and storage and the ability to safeguard Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in accordance with NIST 800-171.

The Government does not intend to use FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. This contract for this effort is anticipated to be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) supply contract, with a five-year ordering period of performance awarded to a single contractor. In accordance with FAR 16.301-3, the contractor's accounting system must be adequate for determining costs applicable to the contract. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be issued on or about 3 April 2023. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7004, Alternate A, all interested offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.

Responses to the LFI solicitation will be evaluated on the best overall value to the Government based on an integrated assessment of non-cost and cost related factors. Proposal costs shall not be reimbursed. When released, all interested parties will be able to view, download, and print a copy of the solicitation and any resulting amendments at:

The Federal Government System for Award Management at: www.sam.gov, Reference W911SR-23-R-0005

No telephone calls will be accepted.

No paper copies of the RFP will be provided, and no mailing list will be maintained.

Questions or correspondence should be directed to: E-mail: Ursela.c.jackson.civ@army.mil and susan.e.ruzicka2.civ@army.mil.

All inquiries should reference in the Subject Line RFP number W911SR-23-R-0005.