SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- 7500 Real-Time PCR System
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2013
- 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
- APHIS-PR-13-654696
- Archive Date
- 9/26/2013
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 612-336-3208
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/Veterinary Services/National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL)/ Reagents and Vaccine Services Section ( RVSS) in Ames, Iowa intends to negotiate a sole source award to Life Technologies Corporation of Grand Island, NY for a 7500 Real-Time PCR System. Purchase also includes the following: Dell Business Line Notebook Computer, see (www.lifetechnologies.com/7500) for latest specifications. Chemical Installation Kit including Master Mix, RNaseP primer Probe set, Dye Calibration Kits RNaseP Instrument Verification Kit. 4347823 Site Preparation and Safety Guide 4347828 Installation and Maintenance Guide 4348358 Chemistry Guide Getting Started Guides for all major real-time PCR applications including 4347825 Absolute Quantitation 4347824 Relative Quantitation (Gene Expression measurement) 4347822 Allelic Discrimination (SNP genotyping assays) 4347821 Plus/Minus (presence/absence assays) Primer Express primer and probe design software. WARRANTY Warranty of one year parts, labor and service travel. UL Approved CUL Approved TRAINING One-day onsite training package provided by a Field Applications Specialist. 7500 REAL TIME PCR SYS SDS AB ASSURANCE,7500 The company has also offered USDA/APHIS/NVSL a $10,000 credit for the trade-in of an older model. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 The property or services needed are available from only one responsible qualified source at this time and no other type of property or services will satisfy these needs. Although many Real Time PCR systems can be found on the market, none of them offer the following unique and/or combined features as the Life Technologies model does. These specifications are needed by RVSS to fulfill their mission of reagent production and assay development: • Flexible five-color detection systems are easily calibrated for your choice of dyes without requiring the addition of new filter sets • Plate Setup Wizard walks you effortlessly through experimental design • Advanced optical multicomponenting algorithm minimizes spectral cross talk-superior for multiplexing • Variable excitation capacity allows greater sensitivity for the greatest range of dyes including FAMTM/SYBR® Green,VIC®/JOETM,NEDTM/TAMRATM/Cy3®, ROXTM/Texas Red®, and Cy5® • 7500 System can distinguish between samples containing 5,000-10,000 DNA template copies, with a statistical confidence level of 99.7% This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as three (3) references from other customers who are using these services, to the Contracting Officer by 4:00pm. Central Time (CT) by August 26, 2013. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 Employees. Responses received after the response date or without the required information will be deemed nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Capability statements may be sent to: Carol Dingess, Contracting Officer, USDA-APHIS-MRPBS, ASD Procurement Branch, Butler Square Building, 5th Floor, 100 N. 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403, or via email @ Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov or fax @ (612) 336-3550.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/APHIS-PR-13-654696/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/VS/NVSL, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, Iowa, 50010, United States
- Zip Code: 50010
- Zip Code: 50010
- Record
- SN03143718-W 20130811/130809234504-e28cfd73ee5e9b2bbb6bc072d052f839 (fbodaily.com)
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