2_FBO_Brand_DNAStar_Lasergene_1975822.docx

Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition:

Brand-Name at or Below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold Project Title: DNASTAR Lasergene Suite Site License I . Identification of the agency and contracting activity

DHHS, NIH, NIAID, BCBB

II. Description of the project, and supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs (including the estimated value) A. Type of action: (check the appropriate box)

· New requirement ☒ Follow-on B. Period of performance, inclusive of options: 08/01/2019 – 07/31/2020 C. Project Background The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology (OCICB) Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) manages and develops the technology infrastructure that supports Intramural research, Extramural investments and Administrative management. OEB services 4000+ end users in more than 20 locations throughout the United States. Infrastructure services provided by OCICB are maintained and used 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Services include data storage and protection, applications hosting, server management, workstation configuration and management, networking and security.

D. Description of the supplies/services to be purchased:

This is for renewal of Lasergene Service Plan Core Suite Site License for Windows and Macintosh. Service plan renewal period will be 08/01/2019 through 7/31/2020 and includes one year of software updates, upgrades and technical support. This Service Plan will install, authorize and support the following applications for the Lasergene Core Suite for Windows and Macintosh: SeqBuilder, SeqMan Pro, MegAlign, GeneQuest, Protean 3D, Protean, PrimerSelect, EditSeq, GenVision and SeqNinja.

Name of manufacturer, producer, or distributor of each brand name product referenced (and address if not well known):

DNASTAR

3801 Regent St Madison, WI 53705

III. Identification of the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition (SELECT ONE) ☒ FAR Part 16.505 IDQ contract, fair opportunity / Brand Name

IV. Demonstration that the proposed brand name product’s salient characteristics (specific features, qualities and/or the nature of the acquisition) requires use of the authority cited.

Lasergene Core Suite is the only stand-alone commercial software available with all of the following features:

· Comprised of 8 applications which include functions ranging from sequence assembly and SNP detection, to automated virtual cloning and primer design.

· Editing and map creation, contig assembly, multiply and pairwise alignments.

· Available in 3 configurations, each designed with different researchers in mind.

· Available for both Mac and PC platforms with easy interchangeability of files.

Lasergene has been in use by NIAID since 2007 and currently has 200 concurrent licenses.