SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Automated Liquid Handling Unit & Accessories
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 792009
- Archive Date
- 4/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- John C. Wilkinson, Phone: 301-504-1731, Lori A. Faber, Phone: 3096816610
- E-Mail Address
-
john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov, lori.faber@ars.usda.gov
(john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov, lori.faber@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Science Research Unit, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, requires an instrument for performing automated liquid handling. This equipment would be used to array plant DNA and reagents across assay plates in conjunction with the Plant Science Research Unit's genetic investigation of complex traits of plants. In order to determine the genetic basis of quantitative traits, DNA is isolated and marker analyses performed for thousands plant DNA samples each year. Minimum Equipment Requirements: Must be able to accurately dispense into 96, 384, and 1536-well plate formats. Must possess a minimum of six deck positions to accommodate standard footprint PCR plates. Must be able to accept a pipetting head with 384 individual pipetting channels/tips. Must be able to dispense a minimum volume of 0.5 μl and a maximum of at least 125 μl per pipetting channel/tip. Must exhibit average dispensing precision with a CV < 3% at 1μl. Must include control software with a graphical user interface (GUI) for programming automated operation. Must include an on deck tip washing station integrated with the GUI. Must include a manufacturer's warranty of at least 12 months in length. Must include a minimum 30-day site application test period to evaluate functionality. Price must include shipping charges to Raleigh, North Carolina 27695. NAICS Code: 334516 and Product Service Code: 6640. Required Delivery Date: April 30, 2016 The above requirement is reserved exclusively for Small Businesses with no more than 500 employees. The following is applicable: Purchase Order Terms & Conditions for the above requirement: Commercial Items through FAC 2005-86 effective 01 Feb. 2016 Clauses/Provisions Incorporated by Reference: This order incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at the following address: https://www.acquisition.gov/far. 52.212-5 - Commercial Items (Feb. 2016 ) 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 2013) 52.204-13 System for System for Award Management Maintenance (Jan 2014) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (July 2015) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (July 2015) 52.209-2 Prohibition On Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation (Nov 2015) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (Oct 2015) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (nov 2015) 52.223-1 Bio-based Product Certification (MAY 2012). 52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Bio-based Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (Sep 2013). 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 52.237-2 -- Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (Apr 1984)
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