Growth Direct System Consumables

Description: The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA), acting for the Center for Enabling Capabilities' Pilot Bioproduction Facility at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, issued this Special Notice for a sole-source, firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract. It seeks proprietary consumables for the Government-owned Growth Direct System from Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., classified under NAICS 334516 and PSC 6640, with performance in Silver Spring, Maryland. Responses challenging the sole-source approach are due September 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT, and the notice states that it is not a request for competitive proposals and that no solicitation document exists.