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This presolicitation notice provides advance information about an upcoming small business set-aside contract solicitation for genome sequencing services. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office East will issue a solicitation seeking a firm-fixed price requirements contract for high-throughput whole genome sequencing of up to 3,300 human biological samples per month at over 30x depth and 900 samples per month at over 100x depth or other agreed upon metrics. The samples will be sent from a VA biorepository to the contractor's CLIA and GLP certified facility located in the United States. The response deadline for the anticipated solicitation release in 15-30 days is August 10, 2022. This notice informs potential offerors but is not itself a request for proposal. Formal proposals must wait for the official solicitation to be posted.

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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

SUBJECT*
Genome Sequencing (VA-22-00058417)

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
15212-5319
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C24E22R0020
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
08-10-2022 12pm EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
ARCHIVE
99 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
SET-ASIDE
SBA
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
Q301
NAICS CODE*
541714
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
USA

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY
USA

CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
US Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319

POINT OF CONTACT*

Lynn Portman Lynn M Portman lynn.portman@va.gov

(412) 822-3442

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
lynn.portman@va.gov

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). The procurement will be for 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price, requirements contract. The tentative issue date for the actual solicitation is 15-30 days from this posting. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for offers. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. A brief description of VA requirements are listed below, more details will be included in the actual solicitation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The VHA Million Veteran Program requires the services of High-throughput human whole genome sequencing. The human biological samples shall be sent to the contractor facility from a designated VA Biorepository. Contractor shall furnish services to provide Whole Genome sequencing for human biological samples for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development’s Million Veteran Program. The contractor shall have the following qualifications, capabilities, and be able to document the following:

Headquarters and laboratory facilities where work to be conducted in is located within the Continental United States. No work shall be performed outside of the United States or in any locality outside of the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States.

Ability to conduct work using Illumina next generation sequencing by synthesis technology The contractor shall demonstrate that they are certified in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and CLIA certification Ability to conduct high-throughput WHOLE GENOME sequencing (for research purposes ONLY) of up to 3300 VA human biological samples at >30x depth over 90% of the mutually agreed upon reference genome per month utilizing a sequencing by synthesis method within the contract period.

Ability to conduct high-throughput WHOLE GENOME sequencing (for research purposes ONLY) of up to 900 VA human biological samples at >100x depth or another qualitative metrics mutually agreed upon by the contractor and VA PM and over 90% coverage of the mutually agreed upon reference genome per month utilizing a sequencing by synthesis method within the contract period.

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITAITON NOTICE ONLY. THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). VENDORS SHALL NOT SUBMIT FORMAL PROPOSALS UNTIL THE OFFICIAL RFP IS POSTED TO THIS WEBSITE.

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