SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Request for Information (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 4/9/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH15T0180
- Response Due
- 4/20/2015
- Archive Date
- 6/8/2015
- Point of Contact
- James Cheng, 301-619-1012
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(james.cheng1.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for Information (RFI) Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis analysis software General Information: This is an RFI as defined in FAR 15.201(e) to ascertain whether a commercial item exists that provides the capabilities described herein. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as business confidential information. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. Response to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expense associated with responding to this RFI. RFI Response and due date: 20 April 2015, by 8:00 A.M. EST. Instructions to Responders: Responses from all capable and qualified sources are encourgaged to respond to this request. White papers should adhere to the following formatting and outline instructions: 1. All submissions shall be made electronically and be in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF. 2. Cover Page (1page) Title Organization Responders technical and administrative points of contact (names, addresses, phone, fax number and email addresses) Topic area(s) addressed 3. Completed Attachment 1, and Attachment 2. Please note that the response shall provide sufficient technical data to determine how you fully meet the requriements as specified in Attachment 2. Please note that responses are due no later than 20 April 2015, 8:00 AM EST. The preferred method of submission is via email. The point of contact for this action is Courtney Piar, Contracting Officer, Email: courtney.a.piar.civ@mail.mil. Only electronic responses are requested. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. It is the responsibility of any potential offeror to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Background/Overview: The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, MD is establishing Diversity set of the ESKAPE pathogens. Isolates from within the WRAIR and from outside collaborators will be tested for phenotypic and genotypic characterization and long term storage in a frozen repository. WRAIR is seeking to purchase Applied Maths' BioNumerics Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis analysis software so that isolates can have their DNA analyzed and the information stored a database housed at the WRAIR. Applied Maths, Inc. has developed a unique and powerful DNA Fingerprint analysis software that takes the DNA banding patterns created by performing Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and compares that result to all of the other DNA fingerprints of the isolates in the repository. It then mathematically calculates and produces a dendrograms, or family tree, of all the isolates tested so that their genetic relatedness can be visualized and compared. This allows the Department of Wound Infections to utilize this invaluable epidemiological information for the isolates and create a better diversity panel for future testing. Such a diversity set will be invaluable for the WRAIR and its investigators. In order to make use of this technology, WRAIR intends to purchase Applied Maths' BioNumerics Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis analysis software and the training that is needed to optimally use the software.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) 503 Robert Grant Ave Silver Spring MD
- Zip Code: 20910
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN03695414-W 20150411/150409235634-07a90116bd1725e5ee7b0793ba828718 (fbodaily.com)
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