SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2017
- 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-32SD-P-17-0575
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2017
- Point of Contact
- WASHINGTONI NLN,
- E-Mail Address
-
washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov
(washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA ARS - WBSC intends to award a sole source Firm Fixed Purchase Order (PO) to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION (ROCHE), 9115 HAGUE ROAD, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46250-0457. This order is to purchase a ROCHE SEQUENCING/LIFE SCIENCE: LIGHTCYCLER® 480 INSTRUMENT II (96 WELL) & SERVICE PLAN in support of ongoing research at USDA ARS, Crop Improvement & Protection Research Unit (CIPRU), 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 95616. The Firm Fixed PO will include the following: 1. LIGHTCYCLER® 480 INSTRUMENT II, (96 WELL), #05015278001 2. LIGHTCYCLER 480 CLASSIC (SILVER) SVC PLAN, #04911016001 Roche is the manufacturer of the Lightcycler 480 II, Rapid high-throughput, plate-based real-time PCR amplification and detection instrument and USDA ARS, CIPRU has been using Roche machines since 2008. Their current machine is old and will no longer be service. Therefore, Roche new machine will be a replacement. CIPRU ongoing research involves quantitative polymerase chain reactions to conduct absolute quantification plant pathogen DNA within plant tissue and relative quantification of gene expression. The relative expression analyses include those of host genes, and fungal and oomycete gene expression in planta during plant colonization. CIPRU have been able optimized their research using Roche machines; and the continued use of the same style equipment is required in order to maintain continuity, compatibility & validity of their research data. The LightCycler® 480 System is a high-performance, medium- to high-throughput PCR platform (96- or 384-well plates) that provides various methods for gene detection, gene expression analysis, genetic variation analysis, and array data validation. The system features the LightCycler® 480 Instrument, a versatile, plate-based real-time PCR device that supports mono- or multicolor applications, as well as multiplex protocols. The benchtop instrument is easily customizable to meet changing user requirements, and can be integrated into everyday use as a robotically controlled, automated high-throughput solution. The LightCycler® 480 Instrument is designed for general laboratory use and is not intended for use in diagnostic procedures. • Obtain fast, highly sensitive, and reproducible results for qualitative and quantitative detection of nucleic acids, mutation scanning, and SNP analysis. Use basic and advanced methods for gene expression and genotyping based on endpoint analysis or melting curves. • Benefit from cutting-edge thermal block and optical technology that leads to excellent well-to-well homogeneity and maximized detection sensitivity. • Use a wide range of probe formats (e.g., FRET or HybProbe probes, SimpleProbe probes, hydrolysis probes) and fluorescent dyes (e.g., SYBR Green I, ResoLight Dye, FAM, HEX, Cy5, LightCycler® Red 610, LightCycler® Red 640, and LightCycler® CYAN 500). • Choose the optimal type of multiwell plate (white or clear) to best fit your assay format, application, and workflow. Use the available adapter plate to also work with LightCycler® tube strips. • Build a modular real-time PCR platform to meet your particular needs. Flexibly switch between plate formats and thermal block cyclers in just a few minutes with no recalibration time, and benefit from additional user-friendly software modules. • Extract meaningful results via the state-of-the-art data analysis methods, in line with MIQE guidelines. Analyze true raw data without the need for passive reference dyes or normalization plates. • Protect your data using a system compatible with 21 CFR part 11 requirements. • Integrate the LightCycler® 480 System as part of a LIMS in combination with robotic pipetting and plate loading. The Roche LightCycler® instrument platform (including the LightCycler® 1.5, 2.0, LightCycler®480, LightCycler® 96, and LightCycler® 1536) has reagent kits that are designed and optimized to run specifically on these instruments. Roche is the sole manufacturer and distributor of its reagent kits for the LightCycler® and these Roche labeled kits are not supplied by another vendor at this time. LIGHTCYCLER, MAGNA PURE, and FASTSTART are trademarks of Roche. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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 date will be on or about August 22, 2017; and this Notice of Intent is not considered as 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, to compete this proposed PO based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 10:30AM PST, August 22, 2017. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to the Primary Point of Contact: Washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA ARS, Crop Improvement & Protection Research Unit (CIPRU), 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 95616., United States
- Record
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