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Department of Defense · Department of the Navy · NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
1301423287
Notice type
Special Notice
NAICS
334516
Product service code
6640
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-06
Response deadline
Oct 21, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Silver Spring, MD
Contracting contact
shamai.m.carter.civ@heatlh.mil

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Statement of work, as posted

The United States Department of the Navy Medicine Research and Development Command (NMRDC) intends to award a sole source contract to, Meso Scale Defense, Rockville, MD. 20850. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals however If interested Government shall consider all responses. The NAICS code for this action is 334516. This requirement will be procured under the guidelines of FAR Part 12 Commercial Items. NMRC requires that all contractors doing business with the Acquisition Office must be registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM). No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in Systems for Award Management. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following website: https://www.sam.gov/. In order to register with the SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this Acquisition Office, all offers must have a Unique Entity Identification Number (UEI). A Sam.gov number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Sam.gov online at www.sam.gov or by phone at (866) 606-8220.

Contact

Point of contact
SHAMAI CARTER
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
shamai.m.carter.civ@heatlh.mil
Secondary
nataki.s.johnson.civ@health.mil
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