SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- CALUX- Bioassay Procedures for the Vietnamese Academy
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ow Service Center, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-05-00197
- Response Due
- 9/1/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/1/2005
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541380 In accordance with FAR subpart 13.16-1 (b), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to negotiate on a sole source basis with Xenobiotic Detection Systems to provide the patented CALUX (Chemically-Activated Luciferase Expression) bioassay procedure to Vietnamese scientists at the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology for use in the screening of up to fifteen hundred, soil and sediment samples over a two-year period. Xenobiotic Detection System is the exclusive assignee of the patent rights for CALUX (US Patent No. 5,854,010) and they are therefore the only known source available to meet the Government's needs. CALUX offers the only bioassay procedure with sufficient sensitivity, selectivity, and consistency, as well as its correlation to traditional, mass spectroscopy detection to fulfill the proposal requirements for the detection of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds at less than 0.1 pg/g limits of detection. The parts per trillion limits of detection are necessary for fulfilling the objectives of the statement of work in detecting 17 critical dioxin/furan congeners. The invention and art described in this patent and patent application is critical in fulfilling the criteria described in the statement of work. The sensitivity of the CALUX bioassay system (ppt) to all 17 critical congers is unique to Xenobiotic Detection Systems. The CALUX bioassay is an inexpensive method for screening large volumes of samples with minimal use of solvents and sample volumes. This procurement will be accomplished under FAR Part 12, Commercial Acquisition Procedures. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A statement of work and any other applicable documents will be made available upon request. The information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Please send your documentation to Angela Schopler at the office identified above, by fax (513) 487-2109 or by email at schopler.angela@epa.gov. Phone requests will not be honored. Documentation must be received within fifteen days after the date of publication of this synopsis to be considered by the EPA. A determination by the EPA not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
- Record
- SN00873119-W 20050819/050817212947 (fbodaily.com)
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