SOURCES SOUGHT
68 -- Screen Test for Antimicrobial Residues in Animal Tissue
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325413
— In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Procurement Management Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail drop 5230, Beltsville, MD, 20705, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-FSIS-03-SYN
- Response Due
- 2/7/2008
- Point of Contact
- Julian McElveen, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 504-3997, Fax (301) 504-4276, - Debra Kaelberer, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 504-4243, Fax (301) 504-4276
- E-Mail Address
-
julian.mcelveen@fsis.usda.gov, debra.kaelberer@fsis.usda.gov
- Description
- This serves as a sources sought notice and market survey to locate qualified businesses capable of providing single in-plant test that is capable of detecting sulfonamides and antibiotics at the tolerance level in porcine and bovine kidney for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The current in-plant test was developed by FSIS and is called the Fast Antimicrobial Screen Test (FAST). FAST is capable of detecting beta lactams (both penicillins and cephalosporins), aminoglycosides, macrolides, tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones and sulfas. The business concern will need to generate or submit data on a range of drugs from each compound class listed above. The business concern needs to submit a description of the method used to determine the limits of detection, which should reflect tests run in an appropriate matrix (not water or buffer); limit of detection data on chloramphenicol and florfenicol; and the limits of detection for each drug tested. A complete description of the procedure, along with estimated times required per analysis, should also be submitted. FSIS estimates 125,000 test analyses annually, but the agency cannot identify an approximate number until the testing method is implemented. Business concerns having the capability to provide the described supplies are invited to submit appropriate documentation demonstrating past experience manufacturing this type of supply. This information will allow the Government to determine what sources are available and interested. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 325413, In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing, and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Potential sources should indicate in their response their business status (i.e., small business, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) This information will be used to determine whether the procurement can be set-aside for small business concerns. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The Government is not requesting technical or management proposals and no contract will be awarded as a result of this sources sought notice. Your responses will be used solely for market research purposes of the Government. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this notice and submittals will not be returned to the sender. If a solicitation is later released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps. It is the potential business concerns responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any synopsis or solicitation. Interested qualified businesses are requested to submit a package delineating qualifications, capabilities, and experience for providing the supplies described herein. Include information on your company?s managerial and technical resources to be able to meet the requirements. Companies must sufficiently demonstrate that they have actual experience in providing screening test plates, the capability to provide this supply, and qualifications in all previous work pertinent to this effort. Responses should also include the following: name and address of firm; size of business; number of years in business; and list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement, and point of contact with address and phone number). Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses may be submitted by email to Julian.McElveen@fsis.usda.gov; or by mail to Julian McElveen at USDA, FSIS, ASD, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Maildrop 5230, Beltsville, MD 20705-5230; or by fax at 301-504-4276. The information requested is due by 4:00 p.m. ET on February 7, 2008.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Midwestern Laboratory, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO
- Zip Code: 63120
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 63120
- Record
- SN01491591-W 20080126/080124223349 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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