SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Genetic Analyzer With Cluster Station
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area, P&CS, 10300 Baltimore Ave. Bldg. 003, Rm. 329, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-REQ109189-1
- Response Due
- 8/14/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/29/2007
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT Under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c)(1), it is the Government's intent to award a sole-source, firm fixed-price contract to Illumina Inc. Illumina, a small business for NAICS 334516, is located at 9885 Towne Centre Dr., San Diego, CA 92121. Due to proprietary ownership, the Government will purchase one (1) Solexa Genetic Analyzer and Cluster Station, Part # SY-301-1000 (1000907) directly from the manufacturer/distributor. The instrument platform will provide the required quality and quantity of sequencing data up to 1.0 G of DNA sequence per single run at 98.5% accuracy with a minimum 25-base read and an average Phred score of >Q17, and permit accurate sequence determination regardless of sequence context or the presence of homopolymers stretches using Reversable Terminator Chemistry. This item will support experimental methodologies including but not limited to: whole genome resequencing, candidate region sequencing, ultra-deep resequencing for somatic mutations, metagenomics, genome-wide protein binding domain analysis, transcriptome analysis, gene expression profiling and small RNA identification and quantification. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. Firms wishing to challenge the sole-source decision must submit a letter of interest, referencing REQ109189-1, to the named point of contact demonstrating the firm's ability to provide the same or equal product with equivalent salient features of the referenced product. Firms shall also indicate whether or not they are a small business, small women-owned business, small disadvantaged business and/or an 8(a) small business concern. Send detailed capabilities to the following email address no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 14 August, 2007.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Ave., BARC-West, Beltsville, MD
- Zip Code: 20705
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN01355974-W 20070801/070730220130 (fbodaily.com)
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