SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- ASRmel Software Licenses
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2024 10:44:10 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS AFM APD BELTSVILLE MD 20705 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 1232SA24P0035
- Response Due
- 8/20/2024 4:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/21/2024
- Point of Contact
- Marian Dyson, Phone: 3015041700
- E-Mail Address
-
marian.dyson@usda.gov
(marian.dyson@usda.gov)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). Contracting Officers may solicit from one source if it is determined only one source is reasonably available to satisfy agency requirements, as supplemented with additional information in this notice.� Sources were sought and did not satisfy the agency�s requirements. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) intends to award on a sole source basis a Firm Fixed Price contract to VSN International Limited.� ARS has the need for ASReml-R.� �ASRmel-R is a robust statistical analysis software specifically developed for linear mixed models. It harnesses the power of linear mixed-effects models to provide a versatile and adaptable solution for analyzing various types of large and complex data sets commonly encountered in animal, plant, and aqua breeding, agriculture, environmental sciences, and medical sciences. ASReml-R performs Genomic Prediction and complex multi-trait and multi-environment analyses. � Compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x and Rocky Linux 9.x � Based on the R programming language � Capable of operating within a high-performance, multi-user computing cluster environment. � Capable of efficiently handling large and extremely large data sets (100,000 or more observations/effects). � Employ Residual Maximum Likelihood (REML) estimation. � Support of linear mixed-effect models. � Accommodate nested and crossed effects, along with arrays of complex structures on random effects and residuals. � Support spatial analyses, repeated measures, random regression, and correlated structures in breeding datasets. � Perform Genomic Prediction � Perform complex multi-trait and multi-environment analyses. VSN International Limited is the only qualified organization to supply the required software. Period of Performance: Base Year:������� ��������������� 09.01.2024 � 08.31.2025 Option Year I: ��������������� 09.01.2025 � 08.31.2026 Option Year II:��������������� 09.01.2026 � 08.31.2027 THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES; AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to the primary point of a contact, Marian Dyson at Marian.Dyson@usda.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
- Zip Code: 20705
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN07155936-F 20240807/240805230113 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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