SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- TECAN ROBOT AND PLATE SEALERS
- Notice Date
- 7/22/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 423450
— Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico Contracts Unit, FBI Engineering Research Facility, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, 22135
- ZIP Code
- 22135
- Solicitation Number
- LDQ003599
- Archive Date
- 8/19/2010
- Point of Contact
- Montarious Usher, Phone: 703 632 6608
- E-Mail Address
-
montarious.usher@ic.fbi.gov
(montarious.usher@ic.fbi.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a sole source award in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1). A sole-source, fixed-price procurement with Tecan USA For the purchase additional TECAN workstations and Two (2) TECAN Plate Sealers. The FBI Federal DNA Database Unit (FDDU) currently uses TECAN robotic workstations to aliquot the liquid blood samples onto stain cards. The robotic workstations are used to perform the entire DNA analytical process in am automated fashion. The submission of blood samples submitted to FDDU has dramatically increased and because of this increase the FDDU has a need to purchase additional Tecan Plate Sealers and Robots to retrofit the older systems. The purchase of the additional robots and plate sealers will greatly increase the throughput of the FDDU and will allow FDDU to keep up with the high volume of blood samples being submitted as part of new legislation. Tecan is the only manufacture of the requested items and only the Tecan robots and plate sealers can be integrated into the current DNA analytical process. Any robots and plate sealers must be compatible with TECAN products to use any other products will void existing warranties and service agreements that the FBI FDDU has with TECAN. The Robots and Plate Sealers are only available through Tecan USA. This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests in this requirement to this office by 9:00 AM (Eastern) August 04, 2010, via e-mail to the attention of: Montarious Usher, at Montarious.Usher@ic.fbi.gov. The North American Industrial Classification System Number (NAICS) is 423450 Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers. The awardee shall be registered in the Central Contractor's Database (CCR) and also the Online Representations and Certification (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FBI/ECU15/LDQ003599/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02215168-W 20100724/100722235442-aadd8d4972d3d0d2a233903c320331f3 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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