Solicitation: JA19-07-0175
The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 13.106-1) with LabVantage Solutions Inc., 265 Davidson Ave STE 220, Somerset NJ 08873, as the only responsible source that can provide the required Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) has a need for Laboratory Information Management System with and without a network connection. Only LabVantage can provide the LIMS and associated modules that can meet the Government’s specifications/requirements.
The proposed vendor is also the only one capable of providing an environmental monitoring module with integrated maps, which is an FDA regulation. The capability to comply with this FDA regulation is crucial for the Pilot Bioproduction Facility (PBF) to complete its mission. Additionally, the PBF is required to have maps and sampling locations in the clean core for monitoring of environmental cleanliness. This is a FDA requirement for the manufacturing of vaccine products.
On average, the pre-validation period can take between six (6) and 12 months. Therefore, awarding to any other vendor would cause a substantial increase in time, thus increasing cost for the required pre-validation and configuration requirement. Additionally, no other vendor is capable of providing these capabilities for the multidrug-resistant organism repository and surveillance network (MRSN), including the biobanking module which is required for a LIMS for the MRSN. The MRSN’s laboratories are required to be College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited.
