SPECIAL NOTICE
68 -- Big Dye Terminator V3.1 RR-5000 & Sequencing Buffer
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 325414
— Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm. 2E47, MSC 5738, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI3682522
- Archive Date
- 3/28/2015
- Point of Contact
- Shirlene M. Smith, Phone: 3014437979
- E-Mail Address
-
ssmith@od.nih.gov
(ssmith@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Life Technologies Corporation. The National Institutes of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders needs to purchase a Big Dye Terminator V3.1 RR-5000 & Sequencing Buffer for ongoing NIDCD research programs. The supplies reagents must be compatible with the laboratory equipment currently being used in the laboratory. The BDT chemistry is the only commercial enzyme currently available which provides an extremely high degree of accuracy while also furnishing longer reads of 800-1000 bases per reaction. Life Technologies, the manufacturer of the instrument that is used to analyze the product of this reagent. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the items or services, please forward capability statements to ssmith@od.nih.gov by March 13 th, 2015. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 35 Convent Drive, Building 35A, Room 1F125A, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03661246-W 20150311/150309234712-51ad868fd62e71a922a6c48ce354d75a (fbodaily.com)
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