SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Sole Source Notification for Applied Biosystems Brand Name DNA Testing Supplies
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- PR381873
- Archive Date
- 10/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Michael J. Chiodi, Phone: 6123363203
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.j.chiodi@aphis.usda.gov
(michael.j.chiodi@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), GIPSA (Grain, Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration), TSD (Technical Services Division) Laboratory in Kansas City, MO intends to issue a sole source blanket purchase agreement award to Applied Biosystems, LLC headquartered in Foster City, CA for DNA testing supplies to operate USDA-owned, Applied Biosystems brand name Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment used for commodity testing under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). The GIPSA TSD Laboratory validates real-time PCR methods and verifies accuracy, precision, and reliability using publicly available methods currently used to identify transgenic events in biotechnology-derived grains and oilseeds. Also, GIPSA provides scientific expertise, engages U.S. stakeholders, and influences outcomes on issues related to testing of biotechnology-traits in grains. GIPSA facilitates grain marketing by verifying the accuracy, precision and reliability for testing of biotechnology-derived traits that are (or could be) inadvertently released into the marketplace. In the event of such a release, GIPSA must act quickly to ensure accurate testing is available in the marketplace. The GIPSA PCR testing uses Applied Biosystems brand primer/probe sets and master mix enzyme reagents that are solely available from Applied Biosystems. The blanket purchase agreement establishes firm-fixed pricing for specific items, and the total value over 5 years (10/01/2010 to 09/30/2015) is not-to-exceed $200,000.00. This notice is for informational purposes only. No formal solicitation will be issued. Any questions or inquiries must be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to the Contracting Officer, to the attention of the point of contact listed in this notice. Point of contact: Michael Chiodi, Contracting Specialist, (612) 336-3203, FAX: (612) 336-3550, E-mail: michael.j.chiodi@aphis.usda.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/PR381873/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA GIPSA FGIS, Technical Services Division, 10383 North Ambassador, Kansas City, Missouri, 64153, United States
- Zip Code: 64153
- Zip Code: 64153
- Record
- SN02283436-W 20100917/100916000444-db89ddf51b6262041c83ea29698696ae (fbodaily.com)
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