SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- : Upgrade to existing Applied Biosystems System
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB831050-A-06530
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2010
- Point of Contact
- Andrea A Parekh, Phone: (301)975-6984, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
andrea.parekh@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(andrea.parekh@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1 with Applied Biosystems LLC in Foster City, CA for the purchase of a SOLiD EZ Bead System.*** *** Previously NIST purchased a SOLiD Next Generation Sequencing System from Applied Biosystems LLC. NIST currently has a need to add an additional piece of hardware to the existing system. This hardware is the Applied Biosystems SOLiD EZ Bead system. The SOLiD EZ Bead system will automate template bead preparation for sequencing of nucleic acid samples on the SOLiD sequencer. Due to the proprietary nature of Applied Biosystems LLC's systems, the SOLiD EZ Bead system can only be procured from Applied Biosystems. Applied Biosystems is the sole manufacturer and distributor of this system. ***Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and is required within 180 days after receipt of order.*** ***The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees.*** ***No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by August 31, 2010.*** A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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- Record
- SN02244129-W 20100819/100818000133-dce67d59eeb0181e4f686157141ae940 (fbodaily.com)
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