SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-WASC-6-492
- Response Due
- 4/17/2006
- Archive Date
- 5/2/2006
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (ISB). PURPOSE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP FLOW CYTOMETRIC PROTOCOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NMFS/NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER (NWFSC). PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE FOR 5/30/2006 ? 12/31/2007. NWFSC REQUIRES HIGH-THROUGHPUT TECHNOLOGY AND AN INNOVATIVE, WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH IN ITS RESEARCH. ISB POSSESSES AN ARRAY OF HIGH-SPEED, HIGHLY AUTOMATED BIOTECHNICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING DNA SEQUENCERS, SCANNERS, SPOTTERS, PROTEOMIC ANALYZERS (MASS SPECTROMETERS) AND CELL SORTERS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE AND PROCESS VAST AMOUNTS OF BIOLOGICAL DATA AT HIGH SPEEDS. THESE HIGH-THROUGHPUT TOOLS PROVIDE THE KEY TO DECIPHERING COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS, AND ARE CONSTANTLY BEING IMPROVED THROUGH MINIATURIZATION, PARALLELIZATION, AUTOMATION, AND INTEGRATION. THE ISB HAS BEEN A LEADER IN DEVELOPING NEW CELL SORTING TECHNOLOGY. ISB GROUP WILL APPLY ITS EXTENSIVE FLOW EXPERIENCE TO OCEANOGRAPHY AND EXPLORE THE USE OF CELL SORTING FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MARINE ORGANISMS AND ORGANIC MICROGELS. SOURCES WITH SIMILAR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MAY SUBMIT SAME IN WRITING TO RANDALL BROWN. INFORMATION SUBMITTED WILL ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO ISSUE A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF LESS THAN $100,000.
- Place of Performance
- Address: SEATTLE, WA
- Record
- SN01018954-W 20060402/060331211920 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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