SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Sole Source Award for Laboratory Testing Services
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- Req744869
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2015
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Y Harris, Phone: 612-336-3207
- E-Mail Address
-
patricia.y.harris@usda.gov
(patricia.y.harris@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) intends to issue a sole source purchase order with The University of Texas, Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) for the testing of cervid samples for 5 (five) arboviruses including (1) Lacrosse virus, (2) Bluetongue virus, (3) Eastern equine encephalitis, (4) St. Louis encephalitis and (5) Powassan (or Deer Tick). This is a sole source justification as GNL is the only laboratory that will run all five (5) tests on a single sample with such a small volume (1 ml). Other laboratories will charge a similar price to run a single test and require the same volume for one test. The benefits for the Government are by sending the samples to GNL we are able to get more use out of the same sample at a lower cost. Market research has shown that no other laboratory was found that could test more than three (3) of the required tests and the pricing was higher. The proposed contract action is for testing services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition procedures as well as commercial item acquisition procedures per FAR 12. Any and all questions can be emailed to Patricia Y. Harris, Contracting Officer at: patricia.y.harris@aphis.usda.gov.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/Req744869/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Wildlife Disease Program, USDA, APHIS, WS, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80521, United States
- Zip Code: 80521
- Zip Code: 80521
- Record
- SN03788958-W 20150710/150708234832-331a7d1058ff3fa3f3fa798389bfd939 (fbodaily.com)
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