SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- PROVIDE EP1 SYSTEM HX PACKAGE
- Notice Date
- 7/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WRAD-9-622
- Archive Date
- 8/6/2009
- Point of Contact
- Randall Brown, Phone: (206) 526-6226
- E-Mail Address
-
randall.w.brown@noaa.gov
(randall.w.brown@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH FLUIDIGM CORPORATION. PURPOSE IS TO PURCHASE AN EP1 SYSTEM HX PACKAGE FOR THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS). THE FLUIDIGM INSTRUMENT IS NECESSARY FOR COMPATIBILITY AND CONSISTENCY WITH GENOTYPING EFFORTS AND DATA COLLECTED IN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS BY OTHER SALMON GENETIC LABORATORIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE, ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER INTERTRIBAL FISHERIES COMMISSION. THE FLUIDIGM BRAND WAS SELECTED BY ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON THE BASIS OF ITS CAPACITY (SIMULTANEOUS GENOTYPING OF AT LEAST 96 INDIVIDUALS AND COLLECTION OF AT LEAST 27,000 SINGLE LOCUS GENOTYPES PER DAY WITH A SINGLE OPERATOR AND NO ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION) AND EFFECTIVENESS (PRODUCE DATA THAT CAN BE ANALYZED WITH FLUIDIGM'S GENOTYPING AND DIGITAL PCR ANALYSIS SOFTWARE AND USE SBS FORMAT COMPATIBLE PLATES). NMFS IS PART OF A NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE CONSORTIUM IN WHICH ALL MEMBERS USE THE FLUIDIGM BRAND CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY OF RESULTS AND COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE GROUP. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN PROVIDE EQUIPMENT THAT FULLY MEETS THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000. THE WESTERN REGIONAL ACQUISITION DIVISION REQUIRES THAT ALL CONTRACTORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE BE REGISTERED WITH THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2003. AFTER THIS DATE, NO AWARD CAN BE MADE UNLESS THE VENDER IS REGISTERED IN CCR. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER IN CCR PLEASE ACCESS THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.CCR.GOV. IN ORDER TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR AND TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THIS ACQUISITION OFFICE, ALL OFFERORS MUST HAVE A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER. A DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER MAY BE ACQUIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY CONTACTING DUN & BRADSTREET ON-LINE AT WWW.DNB.COM/EUPDATE OR BY PHONE AT (800) 333-0505. ALL CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AT HTTP://ORCA.BPN.GOV.
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