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70 -- DATABASE AND SOFTWARE PACKAGE (BIOLIMS/DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) FOR PE BIOSYSTEMS DNA ANALYZERS SOL 06-3K47-99 DUE 041999 POC Keina Burrier, Contract Specialist -- (301)504-5888 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this project is 06-3K47-99, and is issued as a Request for Quotation. This solicitation incorporates clauses and provisions that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. This solicitation is issued on an unrestricted basis. The standard industrial classification code is 7373, with a small business standard of 18.0 Million average annual receipts for prior 3 yrs. The equipment is to be delivered, and installed/setup within 60 days of award and shipped F.O.B. DESTINATION to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705. The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to do a sole source contract to Perkin Elmer BioSystems for database and softwarepackaged for government owned PE BioSystem DNA Analyzers. Perkin Elmer is the sole manufacturer and licensor of this commercial software which is compatible for their product line of automated DNA analyzers. This RFQ contains eight line items necessary to construct a database infrastructure which will support the collection, management and analysis of genetic data generated from PE Biosystems DNA Analyzers on a center-wide basis. Item (1) Material No. 900-1, BioLIMS 2.0 Server (Oracle) P/N 4306704, 1 each. Item (2) Material No. 900-1, BioLIMS 2.0 Seq. Module for Oracle, P/N 4306790, 1 each. Item (3) Material No. 900-1, BioLIMS 2.0 Fragment Module for Oracle, P/N 4306789, 1 each. Item (4) No. 900-1, BioLIMS 2.0 Assembly Module for Oracle, P/N 4306791, 1 each. Item (5) No. 900-1, BioLIMS 2.0 3700 instr 3700 software, P/N 4306911, 1 each. Item (6) No. 900-1, BioLIMS software maintenance plan, P/N 4307755, 1 each. Item (7) No. 900-1, BioLIMS 2.0 client for Mac software with Oracle, P/N 4307377, 8 each. Includes:BioLIMS Mac Client CD-ROM, BioLIMS Manager, S2DB Mac, Manual PDF's, S2DB Manual (434072), BioLIMS Manager Manual (4304073) BioLIMS 2.0 Client License Certificate, Oracle Run-time cost, registration card. Item (8) No. 900-1, Bundled BioLIMS 2.0 for Oracle 7.3.3.2, 1 each and includes: Installation of BioLIMS v2.0, 9 Gig Pre-Installed Hard Drive (Must be ordered with BioLIMS 2.0 Server (Oracle)), Bundled Installation Manual, Installation Postcard P/N 901522. Description of capabilities: The software package will mount on an accessible database platform. The software accessories will translate and analyze the raw data files generated from PE-ABI instruments. The software will provide for communication of the PE-ABI 3700 instrument with the BioLIMS database. The BioLIMS database will be updated as the new versions of BioLIMS software are released and maintained as problems arise. Simultaneous access to the BioLIMS database by eight users at different locations throughout the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. BioLIMS can be customized so genetic data analysis can be automated with other sequence searching software. The software package has the capacity to collect, store, and manage ABI DNA sequence and fragment files; locate and track critical data; eliminate scattered and redundant files; manage data across multiple projects; automate data analysis; maintain data security and integrity, reduce labor costs of data analysis and sample re-runs. Software is compatible with all Applied Biosystem DNA Analyzers (Models 3700, 377, 310, 373), and the database system can be expanded to receive files from more than one instrument; thus reducing redundant equipment and software. Products are Year 2000 compliant. Information Technology Products: The contractor warrants that each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered or developed under this contract and listed below shall be able to accurately process date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with the product documentation provided by the contractor, provided that all listed or unlisted items (e.g. hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with such listed product properly exchange date data with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available to the Government for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the contractor's standard commercial warranty or any general warranty provisions of this contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or general warranty provision(s), or in the absence of any such warranty provisions(s), the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any listed product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the contractor in writing within ninety (90) days after acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance. This solicitation incorporates the following FAR clauses, provisions and addendums: 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors -- Commercial; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to implement Statues or Executive Orders -- Commercial and 52.512-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. In paragraph (b) of 52.512-5 the following apply: 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, and 52.222-37. 52.222-70 COMPLIANCE WITH VETERANS EMPLOYMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (JAN 1999) (DEVIATION) (USDA). (a) The Offeror represents that, if it is subject to the reporting requirements of 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) (i.e., the VETS-100 report required by FAR clause 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era), it has [ ], has not [ ], submitted the most recent report required by 38 U.S.C. 4212(d). (b) An offeror who checks "has not" may not be awarded a contract until the required report is filed. CONTRACT PAYMENTS (MANDATORY INFORMATION FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER) Electronic Funds Transfer compliance with 31 CFR 208. To Facilitate Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for contract payment, 31 CFR 208 requires the submission by the contractor to the payment office. The contractor shall contact the Miscellaneous Payments Section at the National Finance Center, New Orleans, LA, at 1-800-421-0323 or at www.nfc.usda.gov to initiate the enrollment process of the Vendor Express Program (VXP), which will result in a number being assigned to the contractor for payment under EFT. All offerors must include completed copies of 52.512-3 (Representations and Certification), 52.222-70 (Vets Employ Reporting) and listing of Year 2000 compliant products with its quotation. FAX quotations are acceptable to (301)504-5009 on or before April 19, 1999 at 4:30 p.m. (EST). Award to be made to the technically acceptable offeror conforming to the solicitation at a fair and reasonable price. Posted 03/26/99 (W-SN313280). (0085)

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