SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- PHOTOSYNTHESIS SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-4431-S-16-0015
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Huron W. Virden, Phone: 6626865388
- E-Mail Address
-
huron.virden@ars.usda.gov
(huron.virden@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Notice of Intent: The USDA, ARS, MSA intends to award a sole source procurement to Li-Cor Biosciences, 4421 Superior St., Lincoln, NE. 68504, as they are the sole source for this type photosynthesis system pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy agency Requirements. The award will be for a portable photosynthesis system that will be required to measure photosynthesis under user-controlled CO2 and light intensities. Our research requires an instrument system that must measure gas exchange and fluorescence simultaneously over the same leaf area, have sunlight readable TFT LCD screen for field use under bright sunlight, and the system's red/blue light source should have uniformity of +/- 10% over 90% of the aperture. The instrument system is required to measure the gas concentrations within the leaf cuvette so there are no time delays in measurements of gas concentration changes, and water vapor pressure deficits. Li-Cor Biosciences is the sole source of this type of photosynthesis system that has the required design, speed and stable control of CO2 and light intensities at the leaf area being measured; and satisfies all of the above criteria and meets our research requirements. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price Purchase Order on or about July 01, 2016, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This Notice of Intent is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 4:00PM central time, June 30, 2016. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via mail to the Contracting Officer at the following address: Contracting Office Address: USDA-ARS-Western Business Service Center P.O. BOX 225 Stoneville, MS. 38776-0225
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA-ARS-SEA, 2890 HWY 130 EAST, Stuttgart, Arkansas, 72160, United States
- Zip Code: 72160
- Zip Code: 72160
- Record
- SN04150613-W 20160617/160615234605-fbda5b3b672f1911bbe718657622c6d1 (fbodaily.com)
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