SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Intent to Sole Source Notice_CLC Genomics
- Notice Date
- 3/22/2024 8:25:44 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 513210
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- Contracting Office
- MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 USA
- ZIP Code
- 55401
- Solicitation Number
- SS_1124147
- Response Due
- 3/29/2024 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 04/13/2024
- Point of Contact
- Kim Yen Tu, Phone: 16123363602
- E-Mail Address
-
kimyen.n.tu@usda.gov
(kimyen.n.tu@usda.gov)
- Description
- USDA APHIS intends to issue a sole source award to�QIAGEN, LLC for CLC Genomics Workbench and Licenses. This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contracting Officer, Kim Yen Tu, at kimyen.n.tu@usda.gov via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ United States Department of Agriculture Single Source/Brand Name Justification Less Than the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) 1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity.� Requesting Agency: MRP APHIS ITD LSIT 1200 KRETSCHMER DRIVE MANHATTAN KS 66502 Contract Activity: USDA MRP AAMD Acquisition 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 410 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2329 2 Description of supply or service required to meet the agency�s needs. Purchase of CLC Genomics WB, Network Plus, CLC Genomics Premium Suite, CLC Genomics WB Premium Network, and CLC Genomics WB, Network Maintenance Licenses to perform sequencing runs for the ARS scientific and bioinformatics staff at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. 3 Rationale or circumstances for limiting competition.� Qiagen CLC Genomics Server is already being used at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and the software is approved and installed on our servers. We must use this vendor as it is the only vendor that provides CLC Genomics Server Licenses for our users. Changing the software or vendor would not be possible given our current network environment as well as the years of knowledge of this software from the local end users. 4 Description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted.�� Performed market research of other potential resellers/vendors to no avail. Qiagen is the company that manages their software, therefore we must purchase our licenses through them.
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- Record
- SN07006171-F 20240324/240322230049 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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