SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- The US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, MD intends to issue a sole-source award to Illumina, Inc.
- Notice Date
- 6/27/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Facilities Division, Facilities Contract Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop 5124, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705-5124, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20705-5124
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SD-P-13-0423
- Archive Date
- 7/23/2013
- Point of Contact
- Trent Stevens, Phone: 301-504-4584
- E-Mail Address
-
trent.stevens@ars.usda.gov
(trent.stevens@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, MD intends to issue a sole-source award to Illumina, Inc. located in San Diego, CA for the following item: Service agreement for the Illumina BeadXpress and iScan genotyping instruments. Service includes full coverage on all service parts and labor, comprehensive 5 × 24(1) email support and 5 × 18(2), telephone support (instrument, applications, bioinformatics); three business day average on‐site response time, critical and non‐critical updates, applications support, access to on‐line training modules and advanced training programs. The agreement also includes one Preventative Maintenance visit per year. The iScan and BeadXpress are manufactured by Illumina, Inc. the manufacturer and sole source for this type of agreement. Spare parts for these instruments are only available from the manufacturer. In addition, the instruments are controlled by proprietary software available only from the manufacturer; therefore, only the manufacturer is able to correct software problems, provide critical and noncritical software updates, application support, or provide proprietary spare parts. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 811219 and the business size standard is $19.0 million. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Potential sources who believe they can provide the services listed above are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The anticipated date of award is July 10, 2013. Point of Contact: Trent.Stevens@ars.usda.gov.
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- Record
- SN03101991-W 20130629/130628000438-bb79ef1b5aafbfdc7842ec7c6aff71cc (fbodaily.com)
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