SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Sole Source Contract
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Northern Plains Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6538-S-14-0106
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2014
- Point of Contact
- Donita J. Furman, Phone: 402-762-4145
- E-Mail Address
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donita.furman@ars.usda.gov
(donita.furman@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Agriculture Research Service intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures with Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA, 92022, to procure an extension of the USMARC DNA sequencing facilities in order to address increased needs for throughput. Specifically, procurement of an additional DNA sequencing instrument (the MiSeq instrument from Illumina, Inc.) will add to the current complement of one MiSeq and one NextSeq500 from Illumina. The negotiation will be limited to Illumina because we require the instrument to fit into developed protocols and pipelines designed to use data from the MiSeq instrument currently in use. Alternative platforms are available but would require development of parallel processing, storage, archiving, and analysis solutions that would add expense above the total cost of the proposed procurement. The negotiation will include reagents to support operation of the instrument for twelve weeks. 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 equal or superior products are encouraged to identify themselves and provide a substantive statement with descriptive literature and any other supporting information to the Contracting Officer within 10 days of publication of this notice. All information received within 10 days of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government to determine if more than one firm can meet the Government's requirements and is capable of providing equal or superior products. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to the attention of Donita Furman at (402) 762-4145, or emailed to donita.furman@ars.usda.gov. Questions concerning this acquisition must be directed to Donita Furman at the above contact information. Anticipated Date of Award 07/11/2014 This procurement requires the use of biobased products to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. Where available, these products should first be acquired from among qualified products that fall under the umbrella of items designated through the USDA BioPreferred SM Program.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: State Spur 18D Bldg 1, Clay Center, Nebraska, 68933, United States
- Zip Code: 68933
- Record
- SN03411978-W 20140703/140702002705-66a2d01343968708a9ad293343cf7de5 (fbodaily.com)
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