SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Consumables needed for performing confirmatory diagnostics for plant pathogens
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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-18-879198
- Archive Date
- 1/31/2018
- 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)/ Center for Plant Health Science and Technology in Beltsville MD intends to award a sole source, Purchase Order to Life Technologies Corporation, dba, Thermo Fisher Scientific DUNS: 182158873/ CAGE Code: 1F3R7 for the Purchase of the following supplies: (31ea) Platinum Taq DNA Polymerase (600 reactions each, catalogue #10966-034) (29ea) Superscript III Platinum One Step qRT-PCR kit (catalogue #11732-020) (30ea) Superscript III One Step with Platinum Taq RT-PCR kit (catalogue #12574-026) The consumables are needed for performing confirmatory diagnostics for plant pathogens of regulatory concern in accordance with the CPHST Beltsville Laboratory's approved Work Instructions (Protocols) and ISO:IEC 17025:2005 accreditation. 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. The USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T CPHST Beltsville lab uses the consumables listed above and cannot be substituted. Substitution of consumables would violate the ISO accreditation and invalidate any tests produced from the lab. Life Technologies dba, Thermo Fisher Scientific is the only company in the marker that produces these consumables; therefore, Life Technologies is the sole source and vendor of these consumables. 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 or before 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 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the small business size standard is 1,000 Employees. 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
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/PR-18-879198/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST, National Plant Germplasm and Biotec, BARC-East, Bldg-580, Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN04682529-W 20170920/170918231849-d52b40c7e7df971f394a294ffdba9464 (fbodaily.com)
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