SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Intent to Sole Source Software Licenses for CLC Genomics Workbench (GWB)
- Notice Date
- 2/9/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Attn: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014, Maryland, 21702-5014, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-17-T-0125
- Archive Date
- 3/11/2017
- Point of Contact
- Wanda D. King, Phone: 3016192376
- E-Mail Address
-
wanda.d.king.civ@mail.mil
(wanda.d.king.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE 1. Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-T-0125 2. Sole Source Title: Qiagen CLC Genomics Workbench Desktop and CLC Microbial Genomics Desktop Software and Licenses 3. Agency: U.S. Army Medical U.S Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 4. Contracting Office: U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 5. Location: Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 6. Description: The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) intends to award a sole source Firm-Fixed Price supply contract to Qiagen, Inc., DUNS 197294564 and CAGE Code 01QT0. The statutory authority permitting the acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1901. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) citation is 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), and the FAR citation title is "Only one source reasonably available" to include brand name. 7. Background: The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is the Department of Defense's (DoD) lead laboratory for medical biological defense research. USAMRIID's core mission is to protect the warfighter from biological threats; USAMRIID also investigates disease outbreaks and threat to the public health. The research conducted at USAMRIID leads to medical solutions-therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, and information that benefit both the military personnel and civilians. USAMRIID has a mission to provide leading edge medical capabilities to deter and defend against current and emerging biological threat agents. The CLC Genomic Workbench Desktop will allow researchers to analyze data produced by several different next generation sequencing platforms and to performing multiple types of analysis for various project requirements. The software will also build data analysis pipelines that can be used as a standard workflow in order to streamline data analysis. The CLC Microbial Genomics Desktop software will allow microbiologists to take full advantage of whole genome or metagenomic data. Uncover and compare the taxonomic and functional composition of microbial communities, or use the pathogen typing functionality to confirm the identity and characteristics of pathogens. Researches study outbreak trees in the context of epidemiological sample information, where pathogen information, data, and results are managed from one convenient Analysis Dashboard. 8. Scope and Purpose: Diagnostic Systems Division (DSD) within USAMRIID requires the purchase of one (1) Qiagen, Inc. CLC Genomic Workbench Desktop software license and maintenance and (1) CLC Microbial Genomics Desktop software license and maintenance. The requirement for CLC Genomic Workbench Desktop and CLC Microbial Genomics Desktop maintenance is for a period of one (1) year from date of contract award. 9. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: The NAICS code for this requirement is 511210 size $38.5M, Software Publishers. 10. Anticipated Delivery Period: The requirement for CLC Genomic Workbench Desktop and CLC Microbial Genomics Desktop maintenance is for a period of one (1) year from date of contract award. 11. Information to Industry: This Notice of Intent to Sole Source is for informational purposes only in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.201 and not a request for competitive proposals. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Interested parties should submit a Capability Statement and pricing information for this requirement within fifteen (15) days of public notice to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. 12. Response Due Date: Interested vendors should submit the Capability Statement in response to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source electronically by 4:00 PM (EST) 24 February 2017 via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Wanda King, at wanda.d.king.civ@mail.mil. No phone calls will be accepted. 13. Notice Closes: This Notice of Intent to Sole Source closes on 24 February 2017 at 4:00 PM (EST). 14. Questions Closing Date: Questions to address this requirement shall be in no later than 16 February 2017 at 10:00 A.M. (EST). 14. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USAMRIID, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 21701, United States
- Zip Code: 21701
- Zip Code: 21701
- Record
- SN04397149-W 20170211/170209234340-288f37543363d53aa6d63aa8861a304b (fbodaily.com)
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