SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Sequencing System
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-03-831-7116
- Archive Date
- 2/22/2003
- Point of Contact
- Carol Wood, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-8172, Fax 301-975-8884, - Patrick Staines, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)975-6335, Fax (301)975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.wood@nist.gov, Patrick.Staines@nist.gov
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.501(a), with Applied Biosystems of Foster City, CA, for a Procise Capillary Liquid Chromatography (CLC) Sequencing System 4 Cart with PC, Applied Biosystems Part #494CLC-02. The system shall include installation & training.***This system will be used by the NIST Biotechnology Division in a Mitochondrial Proteomics Program to identify & characterize proteins on gels and other separated proteins/protein mixtures. The system is required to have a high sensitivity (picogram range) for distinguishing multiple proteins simultaneously.***Sole source determination is based on Applied Biosystems being the only known source that is currently constructing, selling and maintaining equipment with an automated means of doing N-terminal protein sequencing at the picomole range or lower.***The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees.***No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations, however, responses received by February 7, 2003, will be considered by the Government.***A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, Shipping & Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00246264-W 20030126/030124213743 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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