SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- The US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, MD intends to issue a sole-source award to Illumina, Inc. for a 90K Wheat Genotyping Array
- Notice Date
- 9/4/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 2013-WBSC-06
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2013
- Point of Contact
- Trent Stevens, Phone: 301-504-4584
- E-Mail Address
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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: The Infinium iSelect HD Custom BeadChip genotyping array for the species wheat. The Infinium iSelect HD Custom BeadChip is a high density genotyping assay developed by Illumina and targets between 3,072 and 90,000 attempted beadtypes corresponding to the pre-selected loci with a guaranteed success rate of greater than 80%. The Biosciences Research Laboratory located in Fargo, ND has been using Illumina's reagents to perform various experiments on 3,000 wheat samples as part of an on-going project. In the continuation of this project, the same platform will be used to study another 3,200 samples in 2013. The use of the same platform is necessary to ensure data consistency and analysis. Illumina is the sole manufacturer of the reagents necessary to carry out the assays. 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 by no later than September 15, 2013. 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 September 16, 2013. Point of Contact: Trent.Stevens@ars.usda.gov.
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