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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 14, 2004 FBO #0870
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- Collection and Processing Mammal Samples

Notice Date

4/12/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
 

ZIP Code

20899-3571
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-04-839-8983
 

Response Due

4/22/2004
 

Archive Date

4/30/2004
 

Point of Contact

Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 975-8884, - Susan Brinkman, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-8007, Fax (301) 975-8884,
 

E-Mail Address

anita.tolliver@nist.gov, susan.brinkman@nist.gov
 

Description

The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the New England Aquarium under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a Single Source, for the collection, processing, and shipment of tissue specimens which shall include liver, kidney, and blubber from 26 marine mammals for specimen banking as part of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. The samples are to be collected using the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank protocol of NIST’s National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. The National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank is operated by NIST as part of its National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB) as a component of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. The tissue specimens archived for this program must meet rigid selection criteria and must be collected and processed using a highly specialized and detailed protocol to be valid for including in the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. The New England Aquarium, which has been collecting marine mammal tissues from the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank since its inception in 1990, has collected tissues from over 100 animals for the bank using the prescribed NSNB protocol. The New England Aquarium personnel have received special training by NIST and are totally equipped with necessary protocol instruments and necropsy facilities that meet the NBSB criteria. Therefore, based on the aforementioned reasons, the New England Aquarium is the only source who can complete this requirement. A fixed price purchase order will be issued on or about April 23, 2004. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement, in writing, no later than the response date. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is not a Request for Quotation nor is it a request for competition. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (12-APR-2004); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/Reference-Number-04-839-8983/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, Maryland

Zip Code: 20899-0001

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00564180-F 20040414/040412212509 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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