SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Custom Array CGH Services for Cattle and Water Buffalo DNA
- Notice Date
- 4/18/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, ARS EBSC APB MD, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 632376
- Archive Date
- 5/22/2013
- Point of Contact
- John C. Wilkinson, Phone: 301-504-5799, Rene D. Edwards, Phone: 301 504-1744
- E-Mail Address
-
john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov, rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov
(john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov, rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the following commercial services: Custom Array CGH Services for Cattle and Water Buffalo DNA. This simplified acquisition is reserved exclusively and set-aside 100% for small businesses only under (NAICS) North American Industrial Classification Code 541712 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. The Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory (BFGL) a component of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), located in Beltsville, Maryland under the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires the aforementioned services. DNA samples will be provided by USDA/ARS as stated in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). Offeror's must be certified Agilent array providers and use the following platform; Agilent SurePrint G3 Custom CGH Microarray Platform "One by One Million" feature array as custom high-density oligo-nucleotide array CGH platforms and reagents must be compatible with existing data already collected. USDA also requires a Sample Quality Control. ARS intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order in accordance with the format as prescribed in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 632376, and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) for commercial services. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-66 effective April 1, 2013. The following provisions apply to this acquisition; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -Commercial, 52.212-2, Evaluation -Commercial Items; The government will evaluate total price and past performance which are equal in weight. Award will be based on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders - Commercial items. Furthermore, offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, with its offer. Any offeror that believes they are able to provide the above mentioned services are invited to submit a quotation and any substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis/solicitation. When responding, offerors are requested to identify their size and type of business e.g. small business, service disabled, or HUBZone etc. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Oral communication is not acceptable in response to this notice. All quotes are due to John Wilkinson via email no later than 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. on Tuesday May 7, 2013 at the email address: John.Wilkinson@ars.usda.gov at Phone number: 301-504-1731. All questions must be submitted via email to: John.Wilkinson@ars.usda.gov no later than May 1, 2013 by 11:59 P.M. E.S.T. The anticipated award date is May 8, 2013
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/1ee033393bfdbf725ecedbb1811d7164)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA,ARS,BARC,BFGL, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Building 306, Room 115, Barc-East, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN03040081-W 20130420/130418234457-1ee033393bfdbf725ecedbb1811d7164 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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