SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Sources Sought - Potato Hormone Profiling Service
- Notice Date
- 9/8/2021 9:44:38 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS PA AAO ACQ/PER PROP FORT COLLINS CO 80526 USA
- ZIP Code
- 80526
- Solicitation Number
- 12805B21Q0617
- Response Due
- 9/10/2021 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/25/2021
- Point of Contact
- Joseph Covarrubio
- E-Mail Address
-
joseph.covarrubio@usda.gov
(joseph.covarrubio@usda.gov)
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY.� The USDA-ARS currently intends to award a contract �for Potato Hormone Profiling Service on a SOLE SOURCE basis, but is seeking vendors that may be able to provide the same service.� The proposed sole source firm fixed price contract will be to the National Research Council of Canada.� The service will consist of: Comprehensive phytohormone analysis for 56 samples, quantifying ABA and ABA metabolites (cis-abscisic acid ABA, abscisic acid glucose ester ABAGE, dihydrophaseic acid DPA, phaseic acid PA, 7'-hydroxy-abscisic acid 7'OHABA, neo-phaseic acid neo-PA, trans-abscisic acid t-ABA) as well as auxins (indole-3-acetic acid IAA, indole-3-butyric acid IBA, indole-3-acetic acid aspartate IAA-Asp, indole-3-acetic acid glutamate IAAGlu, N-(Indole-3-yl-acetyl)-alanine IAA-Ala, N-(Indole-3-yl-acetyl)-leucine IAA-Leu), cytokinins (cis and trans zeatin Z, cis and trans zeatin riboside ZR, cis and trans zeatin-O-glucoside ZOG, dihydrozeatin dhZ, dihydrozeatin riboside dhZR, isopentenyl adenine iP, isopentenyl adenosine iPR) and gibberellins (GA1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 24, 29, 34, 44, 51 and 53).� This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future.� This notice does not commit the USDA to contract for any supply or service.� Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice.� The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice.� Submittals will not be returned to the responder.� A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.� However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry.� It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.� In response to this sources sought, please provide: 1.� Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 2.� Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 3.� Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Fargo, ND 58102, USA
- Zip Code: 58102
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 58102
- Record
- SN06126347-F 20210910/210908230135 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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