Basic Preventative Maintenance Agreement on Two SciClone

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5.3. Response Dates and Time
RFQ Due Date: All proposals shall be submitted electronically via email to
Emmanuel.mbah@fda.hhs.gov before 12:00 Eastern Time on 12/13/2018.

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The U. S Food & Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services has a requirement for the procurement of a "Basic Preventative Maintenance Agreement on Two SciClone DNA Library Robot and Workstation. FDA is seeking a Base Period of One Year (12 Months) and Four (One Year) Options, totaling 5 years for the life to cover two FDA owned SciClone Instruments; SN SS1202N1578 and SN SS1738N2331, in the Washington D. C. Metro Area, at the Center for the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

The requested Preventative Maintenance Agreement is required to cover these instruments to ensure that the instruments are functioning properly, in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications. The instruments are used by the Division of Animal and Food Microbiology at the US FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Office of Research for the preparation of DNA template libraries in support of Next Generation Sequencing applications on the Illumina MiSeq, NextSeq, and HiSeq platforms. See attached RFQ and respond as requested.

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