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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 28, 2019 FBO #6306
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TA XTPlus 100C Texture Analyzer

Notice Date

2/26/2019
 

Notice Type

Synopsis
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Agricultural Research Service - Southeast Area
 

ZIP Code

Total Small Business
 

Solicitation Number

12405B19Q0004
 

Response Due

3/5/2019
 

Point of Contact

Shalunda S. Mix, Contract Specialist, Phone 662-686-5346, Fax 662-686-5373
 

E-Mail Address

shalunda.mix@ars.usda.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

Notice of Intent: The USDA, ARS, SEA intends to award a sole source procurement to Texture Technologies Corporation, 6 Patton Dr., Hamilton, MA 01982, as they are the sole source for this type of instrument pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(l ) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The award will be for a TA XTPlus 100C Texture Analyzer. This is a mission critical instrument for the Poultry Research Unit's research in poultry housing management strategies which encompass the effects of lighting, thermal environment, nutrition, and vaccine platform development on live performance and product yield and quality for both eggs and broiler meat. An instrument capable of detecting and quantifying abnormal muscle textures (i.e. woody breast) is required in addition to measuring egg quality properties such as shell breaking strength and deformation, Haugh unit, shell thickness, and vitelline membrane strength. The only known instrument capable of providing these measurements in the same instrument is the TA XTPlus 100C Texture Analyzer and the only known source is Texture Technologies Corporation. For research consistency, two replacement instruments are being procured for continued research. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (26-FEB-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/90fdac7b310e1a63f35f5dd7263e9dff)
 

Place of Performance

Address: USDA, ARS 810 HWY 12 EAST MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS

Zip Code: 39762

Country: US
 

Record

SN05233218-F 20190228/190226230029 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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