SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- M220 Focused-ultrasonicator
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 817837
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- Jeffery A. Ridenour, Phone: 3096816616
- E-Mail Address
-
jeffery.ridenour@ars.usda.gov
(jeffery.ridenour@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Intent to Sole Source Acquisition This is a notice of intent to sole source a commercial item under (FAR Authority: 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements), The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 334516 and the small business size standard is 500 employees or less. The USDA, Agriculture Research Service (ARS)., Pacific West Area (PWA) research laboratory located at Parlier, CA intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Covaris, Inc. for a M220 Focused-ultrasonicator (includes dedicated notebook computer and Sosolab 7 software), M220 NGS 15 to 130µl microTUBE Starter Kit, and one year service plan. All interested parties are encouraged to provide information on their capabilities to meet this requirement. In order to be considered a potential source, interested parties must submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating the capabilities to satisfy the requirement specified above and advantages of the Government to consider another source. The documentation must include prices and descriptive literature containing sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona fide capability to meet this requirement. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis, the contracting officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended GSA schedule vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis. If no affirmative written response is received by 4:30 PM PST, August 15, 2016, an award will be pursued with the company mentioned above. All businesses wishing to conduct business with the US. Federal Government are required to obtain a DUNS number and register in SAM (System for Award Management). The SAM is a Web-enabled government wide application that collects, validates, stores and disseminates business information about the federal government's trading partners in support of the contract award, grants and the electronic payment processes. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within 5 days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed purchase 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. Any quotation/response should be emailed to Jeffery Ridenour Contract Specialist at jeffery.ridenour@ars.usda.gov by 4:30 PM PST, August 15, 2016.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9611 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California, 93648, United States
- Zip Code: 93648
- Zip Code: 93648
- Record
- SN04213530-W 20160810/160808235016-87e6f61d11f31f0273b6f4a1d14e1049 (fbodaily.com)
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