Single Source Justification Less than SAT - Seq Svc Bees_Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification for Limited Source (FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)) from the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The Bee Research Laboratory (BRL) at the USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center requires high-throughput sequencing services from Azenta Life Sciences (GeneWiz) to analyze honeybee colony samples, addressing critical national concerns about bee population decline.

The sole-source justification stems from Azenta's specialized, large-scale sequencing capabilities that will help BRL efficiently process thousands of bee samples collected across regions experiencing severe colony mortality. By providing comprehensive molecular analysis, the service will support the beekeeping industry and agricultural economy by generating data to identify emerging pathogens, environmental stressors, and biomarkers explaining high bee mortality rates. Azenta Life Sciences will be the recommended vendor, located at 115 Corporate Blvd, South Plainfield, NJ 07080, with the total estimated contract value redacted in the document.