SPECIAL NOTICE
Q -- Biotechnology Support Services
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2016
- 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
- PR-17-810169
- Archive Date
- 2/28/2017
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 970-494-7360
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/ National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, IA intends to award a sole source, five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement to Iowa State University of Science and Technology DUNS: 005309844 CAGE Code: 5J949 to provide a complete range of biotechnology support services including DNA and protein synthesis, sequencing and analysis services together with support functions that monitor the output, provide trouble shooting, system maintenance and reporting to allow the rapid construction and analysis of results required to support diagnostic and cutting edge methods development This procurement is being conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1The statutory authority is 41 U.S.C. 253( c )(1) The property or services needed are available from only one responsible qualified source at this time and no other type of property or services will satisfy these needs. Iowa State University is the only facility within the local commuting area, with impartial interest, instrumentation and knowledge to provide support for genetic analysis of this caliber. The impartiality and local commuting area is of paramount importance as it impacts our ability to quickly deliver and retrieve samples that may be needed to diagnose disease in the case of an animal health emergency and speeds our results to our customers. In addition, the Iowa State University has the staff members, equipment, and capacity to support full service biotechnology needs. Although there are other facilities that supply portions of the services required, there are no other vendors within the commuting area of approximately five miles with the resources required to provide the all the services needed. Based on these considerations, there is only one reasonable source for obtaining these services. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services to the Contract Specialist listed on this notice by 4:00pm. Mountain Time (MT) on the closing date of this notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541380 - Laboratory Testing, and the Small business size standard is $15 Mil. Responses received after the response date or without the required information will be deemed nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Capability statements may be sent to: Carol Dingess, Contracting Officer, USDA-APHIS-MRPBS, AAMD Procurement Branch, 2150 Centre Avenue Building B MS (2E20) Fort Collins, CO 80526, or via email @ Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov or fax @ 970-472-1897.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/PR-17-810169/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/NVSL, 1920 Dayton Ave, Ames, Iowa, 50010, United States
- Zip Code: 50010
- Zip Code: 50010
- Record
- SN04327011-W 20161116/161114234301-872656b77529e4df4cef21d080759341 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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