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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to CORLEY/MCGEE, INC. doing business as Partnered Print Solutions for cryogenic labels and... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to CORLEY/MCGEE, INC. doing business as Partnered Print Solutions for cryogenic labels and ribbons. Partnered Print Solutions is the only responsible vendor to offer cryogenic labels to meet CDC's requirements for use in -80 degree celcius freezers while meeting the dimensions necessary for use barcode and naming conventions. The labels must have a matte finish paper and superior adhesive material that is suitable to write collection date and other pertinent information on the labels without smearing while store on dry ice in the field and at -80C in our freezers. The labels must be designed to affix and to frozen sample vials and to withstand at -80C storage temperatures without peeling off the vials. The dimension of the label allows to print sample IDs with more than 28 characters without cutting off the barcode. The required dimensions are included below: SL collections Labels 3 across dimensions Page size: 3.800” width x 1.250” height Corner roundness: 0.059” Label size: 1.125” width x 1.125” height Number of Labels: Per row: 3, per column: 1 This contract action is for commercial supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) 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 before the stated due date 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 response should be emailed to Patrick Winders at vxx6@cdc.gov by 12:00 pm Eastern on July 7, 2022.