SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- GT-SEQ Services for Whales and Turtles
- Notice Date
- 6/21/2021 11:20:54 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NFFR72002102442NGB
- Response Due
- 7/6/2021 3:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 07/21/2021
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas G. Brown, Phone: 3034976349
- E-Mail Address
-
nicholas.g.brown@noaa.gov
(nicholas.g.brown@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER AND THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH GTSeek OUT OF TWIN FALLS, ID FOR GT-SEQ SERVICES. � ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) DETERMINATION THAT GTSeek is the only source available to provide the gt-seq services described in the statement of work. �This particular process (GT-seq) is essential to the requirement. GTseek is the only company offering SNP genotyping services using the GT-seq method. Illumina, Inc., sequencing technology is the most widely used genome sequencing platform in the world, producing the gold-standard of short-read DNA sequence quantity and quality across a variety of platforms for different through put needs. We have used the GT-seq genotyping method with Illumina sequencing since 2017 to genotype thousands of marine mammal and sea turtle samples, so compatibility of existing laboratory methods, data types, data managementsystems, and analytical software and methods have all been developed for these methods and platforms. For the planned projects, we have already generated laboratory reagents (species-specific primer panels) for GT-seq genotyping that will be provided for the specified work. GTseek is the sole provider of custom genotyping panels for GT-seq,multiplex PCR primer testing and optimization. The period of performance will be 8/1/2021 � 9/30/2022. ***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.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Zip Code: 92037
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 92037
- Record
- SN06036895-F 20210623/210621230110 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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