Illumina, Inc. Next SEQ 500 Silver Support Plan Yearly Service Contract

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service intends to award a non-competitive firm fixed-price purchase order under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to Illumina, Inc. located in San Diego, CA for service maintenance and repair contract for Illumina NexSeq 500 Silver Support Plan System for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Orient, New York. The period of performance is 05/12/2020 to 05/11/2021. Illumina Inc. is the sole developer, distributor, and only authorizizes their specially trained Factory trained engineers to become educated on the operations of the machine and have access to their proprietary software. Others attempting to work on their machines will nullify the machines warranty and attempting to tamper with the software could damage the machine. The sequencer was constructed by Illumina, Inc and is the only licensed vendor for service contracts to this equipment. The NAICS code is 811219. The size standard is $20.5Million. Responses may be emailed to John.Wilkinson@usda.gov no later than 11.59 PM ET, Friday, May 08, 2020. The anticipated award date of the contract is 05/11/2020. A vendor must be registered by May 8,  2020  at https://beta.sam.gov/ to be awarded the contract. This is a sole source notice published for informational purposes only and not a request for competitive quotes. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, all responsible parties interested in responding to this notice are invited to submit a capability statement via email by the time and date specified in this notice that provides sufficient details for consideration by the Government. The determination not to compete the contract based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Phone calls will not be accepted in response to this notice. All information submitted should support the offeror's capability to provide the items required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses must be in writing and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating an offeror's bona fide capability to provide these supplies/services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered