SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- tice of Intent to Negotiate a Sole Source Contract
- Notice Date
- 8/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Northern Plains Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6612-S-14-0018
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2014
- Point of Contact
- Connie M. Wooten, Phone: 7012391204
- E-Mail Address
-
connie.wooten@ars.usda.gov
(connie.wooten@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Illumina, Inc. located in San Diego, CA, to purchase Infinium iSelect HD Custom Kit. The requested items contain reagents for processing 48 DNA samples and analyzing 3,072 to 90,000 loci. Presently these platforms can only use reagent kits supplied by the instrument manufacturer; no other source has the necessary dyes compatible with the lasers and software on the instruments. These reagents have limited shelf life. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals. No solicitation is available. Firms that believe they can provide these products are encouraged to identify themselves and provide a substantive statement with descriptive literature and any other supporting information to the Contracting Officer within 10 days of publication of this notice. All information received within 10 days of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government to determine if the more than one firm can meet the Government's requirements and is capable of performing the intended task(s). All responses must be in writing and emailed to connie.wooten@ars.usda.gov. Questions concerning this acquisition must be directed to Connie Wooten at the above contact information. Anticipated Date of Award 08/22/2014 This procurement requires the use of biobased products to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. Where available, these products should first be acquired from among qualified products that fall under the umbrella of items designated through the USDA BioPreferred SM Program.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 1605 Albrecht Blvd N, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102, United States
- Zip Code: 58102
- Zip Code: 58102
- Record
- SN03454173-W 20140808/140807022936-eff8a7988daa8edc4e7721c3336fa886 (fbodaily.com)
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