SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Illumina MiSeq Personal Sequencer - Sole Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 5/7/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- Req_637831
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2013
- Point of Contact
- Leah Schultz, Phone: 6123363625
- E-Mail Address
-
leah.h.schultz@aphis.usda.gov
(leah.h.schultz@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source Justification THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE - THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD TO ILLUMINA, INC. FOR A MISEQ PERSONAL SEQUENCER. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) intends to award a sole source contract under the statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), to Illumina, Inc. Illumina is the only known company that can provide a sequencer using clonal cluster generation and bridge amplification which is required to produce comparable results to our previous testing. Please see attached justification for more details. The Government anticipates a fixed-price purchase order. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement, no later than 10:00 am CT, May 22, 2013, by email to leah.h.schultz@aphis.usda.gov. All information submitted should support the offerors capability to provide the items required, and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to cancel the Sole Source Award. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, Size Standards: 500 employees.
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- Record
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