SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE- National Cotton Variety Test (NCVT) Program that Evaluates Cotton Seed Quality Traits
- Notice Date
- 6/24/2022 11:18:18 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS SEA AAO ACQ/PER PROP STONEVILLE MS 38776 USA
- ZIP Code
- 38776
- Solicitation Number
- 12405B22Q00104
- Response Due
- 6/30/2022 10:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Shalunda Mix
- E-Mail Address
-
shalunda.mix@usda.gov
(shalunda.mix@usda.gov)
- Description
- Notice of Intent: The USDA, ARS, SEA intends to award a sole source procurement to Eurofins Scientific Inc. 2200 Rittenhouse Street Suite 150 Des Moines IA 50321 as they are the sole source for these types of products/services pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(l ) and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The award will be to purchase the following product/services: The USDA ARS/Crop Genetics Research Unit requires a National Cotton Variety Test (NCVT) program that evaluates cotton seed quality traits such as oil content, protein content, and gossypol content. Specifications: QTY 370- Seed Testing PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: The National Cotton Variety Test (NCVT) program evaluates cotton seed quality traits such as oil content, protein content, and gossypol content. A range of 300 to 1000 seed samples needs to be analyzed annually. Cotton industry and breeders are using these data to analyze historical trends in cotton pro-duction and environmental impacts on seed quality. These data in the program are used to compare with the regional cultivars for genetic improvement of cotton seed quality. It is required that appropriate methodologies are applied to generate accurate and reliable chemical measurements on the cotton seed quality traits. Continuity in protocols from one year to the next is required. The Official methods for cotton seed testing are issued by the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) (AOCS Methods Aa 4-38, Ba 4f-00; and Ba 8a-99). However, it is required that a laboratory needs to set up the procedures as a routine operation to allow accurate and reliable measurements of a large number of seed samples at a relatively low cost. Eurofins Scientific is currently the only one vendor that has set up the procedures as their routine operations for cotton seed measurements. The methods are difficult to set up from scratch since they require very specialized skills and equipment such as fuming hood and a cotton seed cracker. Crop Genetics Research Unit has used Eurofins as a vendor for NCVT cotton seed analysis for decades. A change to a different vendor would require a new set up of the protocols and training of the technicians that would raise the cost and lower the quality on seed chemical analysis. Because of required continuity in protocols from one year to the next, the testing must be continued by Eurofins Scientific Inc. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price Purchase Order on or about July 1, 2022. �This Notice of lntent is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 12:00 PM central time, June 30, 2022. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to the points of contact listed: Place of Performance: USDA-ARS 141 Experiment Station Road Stoneville, MS Primary Point of Contact: Shalunda S. Mix Contract Specialist shalunda.mix@usda.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Stoneville, MS, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06368321-F 20220626/220624230057 (samdaily.us)
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