SPECIAL NOTICE
H -- Fish Health Testing
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541940
— Veterinary Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area, Pasture Systems & Watershed Mgmt Research Unit, Curtin Road, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802-3702, United States
- ZIP Code
- 16802-3702
- Solicitation Number
- AG2415S120008
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2012
- Point of Contact
- KAREN GARDNER, Phone: 814-863-0928
- E-Mail Address
-
karen.gardner@ars.usda.gov
(karen.gardner@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit (PSWMRU), intends to negotiate solely with Micro Technologies, Inc., in Richmond, ME, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, to perform Fish Health Testing. The testing shall include 1) Necropsy Inspection, 2) Viral Screen Testing, 3) Virology, 4) Direct Fluorescent Antibody Test ( DFAT); 5) I ndirect Fluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT), and 6) Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV) screening on Atlantic salmon and Arctic charr as required by state and federal regulations regarding the culture and transport of salmonids. The testing is required for culture of salmon in the USDA ARS National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center (NCWMAC) breeding program, transport of salmon to industry collaborator sites for performance evaluations, and for germplasm release to commercial production at the USDA, ARS, NAA, NCWMAC, Franklin, ME 04469. Required Period of Performance is 9/1/2012 - 8/31/2013 or one year from date of award with 4 additional option years. No other laboratory is approved by the USDA to conducted testing for Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV) using virus isolation, RT-PCR, and IFAT. Also, use of this vendor is required to ensure accurate comparison of data with previous reports prepared by Micro Technologies, Inc. Only one responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will satisfy Agency Requirements, FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)). Micro Technologies, Inc. is the approved laboratory certified to conduct diagnostic testing in support of Export Health Certification of Aquaculture Species by the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, (USDA-APHIS). When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or for DOD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for." The NAICS Code is 541940 with a size standard of $7.0 Million. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. This is not a request for proposal. No solicitation is available. Companies with the demonstrated and financial capacity to provide and service such equipment and warranty must submit a written substantive statement outline the Company's and systems' capabilities, available service agreements and consumable (including price lists). This announcement and any other documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the internet site http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The Contractor is responsible for monitoring the FBO website for information relating to this requirement. Offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of these documents. Contractors are required to acknowledge receipt of all Amendments (if any). If no affirmative responses are received within 10 calendar days of publication of this notice to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, an order will be placed with Micro Technologies, Inc. under the authority of FAR 6.302. Questions regarding this notice may be emailed to the Contracting Officer at karen.gardner@ars.usda.gov or faxed to: (814) 863-0935 Attention: Karen Gardner.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 25 Salmon Farm Road, Franklin, Maine, 04634, United States
- Zip Code: 04634
- Zip Code: 04634
- Record
- SN02817132-W 20120728/120727000857-50b2ed0ee14b4d12f14f392189deea91 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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