SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Procurement Section, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20535, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- PR-0010841
- Archive Date
- 8/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jerry D. Varnell, Phone: 7036327500
- E-Mail Address
-
jerry.varnell@ic.fbi.gov
(jerry.varnell@ic.fbi.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time sole source contract with Qiagen Incorporated, 27220 Turnberry Lane, STE 200, Valencia, CA 91355. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; the size standard is 500 employees. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to award a non-competitive, sole source contract to f Qiagen Incorporated, 27220 Turnberry Lane, STE 200, Valencia, CA 91355 for a QIAsymphony robotic platform. Services are being procured under FAR 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The FBI DNA Case work Unit currently owns a QIAsymphony robotic platform and has a requirement for a second QIAsymphony robotic platform to provide increased capacity, redundancy, and increased efficiency via reduced scheduling conflicts. The QIAsymphony robot is an automated system capable of extracting up to 96 forensic samples for DNA analysis at one time in a short time frame. A second system will streamline the case working process by allowing fully automated extraction of Questioned specimens in the FBI Laboratory. This automated extraction of Questioned specimens will significantly increase productivity and turnaround time. Qiagen Incorporated is the sole manufactured and provider of the QIAsymphony robot. Market research has shown that no other robotic platform has an automated system capable of extracting up to 96 forensic samples for DNA analysis at one time in a very short time frame. The FBI currently owns the QIAsymphony robot which has produced great success and is extremely reliable for extracting a large number of samples for DNA analysis in a very short time period. In addition, because the FBI currently owns this robotic platform very little if any training will be required on the system. Qiagen Incorporated is the sole manufactured and provider of the QIAsymphony robot and is the only platform that will meet the requirements of the FBI. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to this office by 08:00 am, EST, July 24, 2014, by email to the attention of Jerry Varnell, Contract Specialist, at Jerry.Varnell@ic.fbi.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Vendors must be registered in SAM, effective July 29, 2012 to receive government contracts. The FBI uses a financial system that has a direct interface with SAM. Please ensure that your company's SAM information is updated and accurate. This includes TIN, EFT, DUNS, addresses and contact information. The EFT banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment to your organization.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FBI/PPMS1/PR-0010841/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 2501 Investigation Parkway, Quantico, Virginia, 22135, United States
- Zip Code: 22135
- Zip Code: 22135
- Record
- SN03431962-W 20140723/140721234927-996d6ff0db30397974de7e4474f14d50 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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