# Notice of Intent to Sole Source Exoskeleton Lab Services

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/000hccce202486113

- Solicitation number: 000HCCCE-2024-86113
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was May 15, 2024 at 3:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Contracting office: CDC Office of Acquisition Services (75D301)
- NAICS: 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- Product or service code: AN33 Health R&D Services; Consumer And Occupational Health And Safety; Experimental Development
- Place of performance: Atlanta, Georgia
- County: DeKalb County (FIPS 13089). https://abierto.us/counties/dekalb-county-ga-13089
- City: Atlanta. https://abierto.us/cities/atlanta-ga-1304000
- First posted: April 30, 2024
- Last posted: April 30, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4d359ed1be8e468f86c99cf16588ae88/view

## Description

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to New Jersey Institute of Technology, 323 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Newark, New Jersey 07102 to perform a preliminary evaluation of exoskeleton support for older warehouse workers during a variety of lifting tasks to support the National Institute of Safety and Health (NIOSH) research project to quantify the differences in biomechanical and physiological responses to exoskeletons.

This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (SAP) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government.

A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to contract specialist at gas1@cdc.gov by 3:00 PM EST 15 May 2024.

## Publications

- April 30, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 15, 2024 at 3:00 AM EDT. Notice 4d359ed1be8e468f86c99cf16588ae88. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4d359ed1be8e468f86c99cf16588ae88/view

## Points of contact

- Scott Jackson, gas1@cdc.gov, 4044983924
- Patrick Winders, vxx6@cdc.gov, 7704882669

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