SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Stranded Total RNA HT (With Ribo-Zero Globin) Reagent Kit
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Natick (SPS), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY14P0412
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer, 301-619-8401
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Natick (SPS)
(jennifer.s.bassett.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Contracting Division intends to solicit on a sole source basis for award of a Firm Fixed Price purchase order on behalf of the Global Biosurveillance Technology Initiative (GBTI) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense to Illumina, Inc. located at 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122 under the authority as prescribed in FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), only one source reasonably available that will satisfy agency requirements. This requirement is for the purchase of One (1) Stranded Total RNA HT Reagent Kit that will be used exclusively with existing MiSeq Analyzers currently in use in the Global Bio-Surveillance Technology Initiative Laboratories. Illumina, Inc. is the owner of the intellectual property (IP) and sole producer of these specific reagent kits which includes the high-throughput Stranded Total RNA sample preparation kit for Ninety-Six (96) Samples. This kit is designed by Illumina and includes all the controls and reaction chemicals specifically formulated to prepare samples for RNA sequencing on Illumina analyzers including the MiSeq. RNA sample preparation kits made by other vendors will not adequately prepare the RNA for analysis by the MiSeq Analyzer. (Each library preparation kit makes use of its own proprietary chemistry, involving specialized adaptors and ligation and amplification steps. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations (RFQ). Responsible parties purporting to the have the capability to provide these items must provide the necessary supporting evidence in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement listed no later than 10:00am Eastern Standard Time (EST) on October 2nd, to the individual listed below. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested persons may identify their interest in writing, to the Government point of contact. Responses to this notice must be received no later than 10:00am Eastern Standard Time (EST) on October 2nd, 2014. The point of contact for this action is Ms. Jennifer Bassett, Jennifer.s.bassett.civ@mail.mil. No telephone requests will be honored.
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