SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Flow Cytometer, Cy-Flow space
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 639749
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2013
- Point of Contact
- John C. Wilkinson, Phone: 301-504-1731, Lori A. Faber, Phone: 3096816610
- E-Mail Address
-
john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov, lori.faber@ars.usda.gov
(john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov, lori.faber@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland; intends to award a sole source procurement to the vendor: Partec North America, Inc.; who is located in Swedesboro, New Jersey 08085-1709; for the following instrument: Item number: CY-S-3001-G30-UVLED-2P; Cyflow-Space Flow Cytometer, Quantity of 1 each. Partec N.A. is the only known vendor that manufactures a Built-in flow cytometer with an UltraViotlet-light emitting diode for the following minimum requirements listed directly below for the above instrument: Shall provide a small footprint (less than two feet wide, deep, and high) to be able to fit on laboratory benchtop; Shall accommodate all plant materials including leaves, roots, seeds, flowers, pollen, and callus from cell culture; Shall analyze samples at a rate of less than two minutes per sample with automatic single-sample run and computer-controlled sample volume rate of 0-50 microliters per second in 0.1 increments and true-volumetric absolute cell counting; Shall provide interchangeable photomultiplier tubes for detecting 2 colors of fluorescence and be upgradable to 7; and Shall provide a 532nm solid-state laser and a power supply for external regulation of laser light power. North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) code 334516 is applicable. (FAC) Federal Acquisition Circular 05-68 is applicable. This notice of intent is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the equipment listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact not later than COB August 15, 2013. The successful company must be registered at the Web Site: www.sam.gov and also the Online Representations and Certification (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The Point of Contact for this action is Mr. John Wilkinson and he may be reached at john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov. Anticipated award date is August 19, 2012.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA,ARS,USNA,FNPRU, 1030 BALTIMORE AVE., BUILDING 010A, RM. 123, BARC-WEST, BELTSVILLE, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN03133160-W 20130802/130801000006-a9df671b03d753239119ea6e7408610d (fbodaily.com)
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