SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Updating USNA Plant Records into the GRIN Database System - Performance Work Statement
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 691101-2014
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rene D. Edwards, Phone: 301 504-1744
- E-Mail Address
-
rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov
(rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Performance Work Statement The U.S. National Arboretum (USNA), Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository (WLPGR) located in Washington, D.C. intends to issue a firm-fixed price purchase order with one (1) option period on a sole source basis using simplified acquisition procedures to Mr. Alan Koontz for advisory and assistance services. WLPGR maintains 200 priority genera of woody landscape plants of diverse origin and is mandated to maintain these records including all collection, accession and distribution data through the National Plant Germplasm System's (NPGS) public interface, the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Assistance is required with updating plant records into GRIN which will be used by the national and international research community. WLPGR requires the proposed contractor to have a working knowledge and expertise in both the GRIN system and USNA's BGBASE database. The proposed award is being issued under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (b)(i), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The proposed contractor has specialized knowledge with plant collections, the WLPGR infrastructure having worked extensively with GRIN in recent years and is considered an expert due to first-hand working experience with WLPGR and knowledge of WLPGR's databases; BGBASE and GRIN. The proposed contractor is the only known source with working knowledge of the WLPGR. The applicable NAICS code is 541519 with a size standard of $25.5 million. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The purchase will be made under simplified acquisition procedures, other than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 6.302-1, and Statutory Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Interested offerors who believe they can provide the aforementioned services are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 10 days after publication of this notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. National Arboretum (USNA), 3501 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20002, United States
- Zip Code: 20002
- Zip Code: 20002
- Record
- SN03456461-W 20140809/140808000643-8c0fdcfe2060d2c7f678a7d405295846 (fbodaily.com)
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