SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- BUILDING A GENOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CETACEAN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT.
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2020 10:49:42 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Solicitation Number
- NFFR7000-20-02495MCW
- Response Due
- 6/26/2020 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 07/11/2020
- Point of Contact
- Michelle C Walton, Phone: 3034976335
- E-Mail Address
-
Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov
(Michelle.Walton@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS), SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (SWFSC) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH VERTEBRATE GENOME LABORATORY (VGL) OUT OF NEW YORK, NY FOR BUILDING A GENOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CETACEAN RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT VGL IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF THIS GENOME SEQUENCING. REFERENCE GENOME SEQUENCING IS NOT YET COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE. IT REMAINS A RESEARCH-DRIVENPROCESS, PRIMARILY CONDUCTED THROUGH LARGE GENOMICS CENTERS AT UNIVERSITIES. THE VGL IS THEONLY LABORATORY TO HAVE DEVELOPED A PIPELINE OF THE SELECTED SEQUENCING AND ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES, AND THE NECESSARY CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS TO INCLUDE THE FULL SUITE OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHROMOSOME-LENGTH GENOME ASSEMBLIES AND AN ANALYTICAL PIPELINE FOR THE COMPLETE PROCESS (FROM TISSUE TO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA, ANNOTATION, AND PUBLICATION). COMMERCIAL SEQUENCING LABS SPECIALIZE IN PRODUCING DATA, BUT DO NOT PROVIDE ASSEMBLY,ANNOTATION, ANALYSIS, AND DATA HOSTING. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: New York, NY, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05686947-F 20200613/200611230155 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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