SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Purchase of LightBench Equipment
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- PMEL-18-01428
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2018
- Point of Contact
- Weiming Tan, Phone: 206-526-6080
- E-Mail Address
-
Weiming.Tan@noaa.gov
(Weiming.Tan@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***NOAA'S PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (PMEL) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH COASTAL GENOMICS, FOR 1 LIGHTBENCH (MKIII) MODULAR WORKSTATION, 1 LIGHTBENCH DEPOT SERVICE AGREEMENT, AND 1 RANGER TECHNOLOGY STARTER KIT TO BE DELIVERED TO SEATTLE, WA. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT COASTAL GENOMICS IS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT THAT PMEL REQUIRES. THE SIZE SELECTION FUNCTION OF THE LIGHTBENCH ACHIEVES HIGH PRECISION AND ACCURACY BY USING REAL-TIME MONITORING INVOLVING THE COLLECTION OF IMAGES OF THE SAMPLE DNA AND MULTIPLE INTERNAL REFERENCE DNA MARKERS FOR EACH SAMPLE THROUGHOUT THE ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESS AND IT ALSO HAS A HIGH RECOVERY RATE OF POST-SIZE-SELECTION DNA. NO OTHER AVAILABLE SIZE SELECTION TECHNOLOGIES ACHIEVE THIS LEVEL OF PRECISION, ACCURACY, AND DNA RECOVERY WITH THIS LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY. DELIVERY IS REQUIRED NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. Contracting Office Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 3 Seattle, WA 98115 United States Primary Point of Contact: Weiming Tan Weiming.tan@noaa.gov Phone: 206-526-6080 Fax: 206-526-6815
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