Developing Sugarcane Marker Panel Assay

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service seeks development and design of a mid-density Single Nucleotide Polymorphic (SNP) marker panel assay containing 5,000 SNPs for sugarcane genomic research, with quotations due September 3, 2026. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, foreclosing competition outside that category.

Place of performance is Canal Point, Florida. The work involves updating an existing 3.5K-SNP panel previously developed by USDA ARS in Houma, Louisiana by adding 1,500 SNP sequences selected from Canal Point germplasm. The contractor must design primers, synthesize primers, and validate the SNP panel by genotyping 190 clones from Florida materials, with delivery required by September 30, 2026, on an F.O.B. Destination basis to the Sugarcane Production Research facility in Canal Point. All supplies and labor costs are included; government-furnished materials and facilities are not required.

The NAICS code is 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. Questions must be submitted by August 31, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Central Time. Award will be made to the lowest price technically acceptable offer using a two-stage evaluation: only the lowest priced offer will be evaluated for technical acceptability; if unacceptable, evaluation proceeds to the next lowest priced offer in order until a technically acceptable offer with acceptable or neutral past performance is identified. The Government anticipates making one award. Offerors must submit firm fixed-price quotations on company letterhead with item descriptions, unit prices, total costs, SAM UEI number, and a technical proposal describing essential features and performance specifications. Prevailing wage rates per Palm Beach County Wage Determination 2015-4573 apply.