SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Genome Assembly
- Notice Date
- 8/12/2020 1:51:49 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541714
— Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS SEA AAO ACQ/PER PROP STONEVILLE MS 38776 USA
- ZIP Code
- 38776
- Solicitation Number
- 12405B20Q0092
- Response Due
- 8/19/2020 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/03/2020
- Point of Contact
- Jessica P. Pacheco, Phone: 6626865414
- E-Mail Address
-
jessica.pacheco@usda.gov
(jessica.pacheco@usda.gov)
- Description
- The USDA, ARS, SEA intends to award a sole source procurement to Dovetail Genomics, LLC, 100 Enterprise Way Ste A101, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066-3248, as they are the sole source for these types of supplies pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(l ) and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The award will be to purchase the following services: 1. Preparing sequencing libraries using a proprietary technique (Chicago library method) to generate initial genomic contigs 2). Sequencing the libraries with Pacific Biosciences sequencing platform 3). Scaffolding the contigs with marker information using a proprietary assembly platform (HiRise) to obtain genomic scaffolds with high accuracy 4). Preparing proximity ligation libraries using proprietary nickase enzymes to yield markers across megabase length DNA molecules 5). Sequencing the proximity ligated libraries with Illumina platform 6). Scaffolding the genome to obtain near chromosome length scaffolds with high accuracy. The contractor is the sole provider of the required services. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price Purchase Order on or about August 20,2020, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This Notice of lntent is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 2:00 PM central time, August 19, 2020. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to the points of contact listed: Primary Point of Contact.: Jessica Pacheco Contract Specialist jessica.pacheco@ars.usda.gov
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/2f9d73ecdb74447799ae16afecba3df1/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
- Zip Code: 38776
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 38776
- Record
- SN05754424-F 20200814/200812230142 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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