SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- FedBizOpps, Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Sole Source Award
- Notice Date
- 4/2/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plains Area, Area Office, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 310, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526-8119, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80526-8119
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SD-S-12-0016
- Archive Date
- 4/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- James C Wiltse, Phone: 970-492-7017
- E-Mail Address
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james.wiltse@ars.usda.gov
(james.wiltse@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) intends to negotiate a sole source award with Illumina, Inc., located in San Diego, CA. The award will be for the purchase of chemical reagents included in the high density bead chip kit custom designed for conducting genotyping assays, known as Infinium assay, manufactured by Illumina. The high density genotyping assay developed by Illumina allows thousands of different DNA markers to be analyzed in 96 individuals in a single reaction assay, thus, permitting a large amount of data to be generated in a short period of time. Illumina is the sole manufacturer of the reagents needed to carry out the assays. The equipment necessary to perform these assays is already installed in the lab that will use these reagents. Since this is collaborative international research with labs in Australia and Europe, the use of same system is essential to ensure data consistency and allow for the combination of data sets generated in different labs for uniform data analysis. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals. No solicitation is available. Firms that believe they can provide these chemical reagents are encouraged to identify themselves and provide a substantive statement with descriptive literature and any other supporting information to the Contracting Officer within 15 days of publication of this notice. All information received within 15 days of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government to determine if the more than one firm can meet the Government's requirements and is capable of providing technically acceptable chemical reagents. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to the attention of James C. Wiltse, fax 970-492-7036, or emailed at james.wiltse@ars.usda.gov. Questions concerning this acquisition must be directed to James C. Wiltse at the above contact information, or by phone at 970-492-7017. Anticipated Date of Award 04/17/2012
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- Record
- SN02711246-W 20120404/120402234616-81806275b2f5fe433e8b30959615c62f (fbodaily.com)
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