SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE COVARIS ME220 FOCUSED-ULTRASONICATOR
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2021 1:46:25 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 335999
— All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- RPO EAST (36C24E) PITTSBURGH PA 15212 USA
- ZIP Code
- 15212
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24E21Q0086
- Archive Date
- 04/05/2021
- Point of Contact
- Shannon Hukriede, Contract Specialist, Phone: (412) 822-3297
- E-Mail Address
-
Shannon.Hukriede@va.gov
(Shannon.Hukriede@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, VAMC-Western New York (WNY), Research and Development Group intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Covaris, Inc. for the Covaris ME220 Focused-ultrasonicator. This equipment will be utilized to support research studies at the VAMC-WNY. The Covaris Focused-ultrasonicator is the only known ultrasonicator that can shear RNA, DNA, and chromatin, and be used for protein isolation, reproducibly, in a matter of minutes. Shearing and isolation of all biomolecules is important for not only next generation sequencing library preparation, but also for continuing research within this study. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Monday, April 5th, 2021, 11 AM, ET. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Shannon Hukriede at Shannon.Hukriede@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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- Record
- SN05958377-F 20210402/210331230100 (samdaily.us)
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