SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 3/21/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- FWS, DIVISION OF CNTRCTING AND GRNT1875 CENTURY BOULEVARDSUITE 310ATLANTAGA30345-3319
- ZIP Code
- 30345-3319
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract under statutory authority 41 U.S. C. 253(c)(1), set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(b)(1)(i), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) intend to award a noncompetitive contract with Applied Biosystems (AB). The purpose of this procurement is for AB to provide maintenance and service on our PCR system. In order to provide consistent quality assurance, USFWS utilize equipment with the same make and model to allow for consistent and comparable date results to AB. Our quality control program depends on the use of this equipment to fulfill our mission and provide service to our customers. AB holds the current patent on this fast PCR technology. No other company that USFWS is aware of makes a comparable technology used to identify pathogen DNA in fish and provides PCR equipment maintenance and service to meet standards. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any other interested organizations must submit a written statement of their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill this requirement to the identified point of contact as soon as possible, but not later than 12:00 p.m. EST on 03/23/2012. Faxed and emailed statements are acceptable, but the senders bear full responsibility to ensure complete transmission and timely receipt. All inquires and concerns must be addressed in writing to this facsimile number (404) 679-4057 or email address jamese_promise@fws.gov, Attn: Jamese Promise. Any such statement of capabilities and qualifications received by the deadline 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 compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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