Intent to Sole Source

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - 123A9419Q0030

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price purchase order to Illumina, Inc. for preventative maintenance on Illumina MiSeq instrumentation, in support of the Office of Public Health and Safety (OPHS). Please see the limited sources justification for more details on the requirement.

This notice is not a formal solicitation. However, interested responsible sources may submit a capability statement for the agency's consideration in determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted in the future for this requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

1.) Date: June 25, 2019
2.) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20250
3.) Product Service Code - J066 (Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment)
4.) Contracting Office Address: 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20250
5.) Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source
6.) Proposed Solicitation Number: 123A9419Q0030
7.) Closing Response Date: June 28, 2019, at 11:00am Eastern Standard Time
8.) Contact Specialist: Thomas Nasvytis, thomas.nasvytis@usda.gov
9.) Contract Award Dollar Amount: $170,218.59
10.) Proposed Contract Award Date: June 26, 2019
11.) Contractor: Illumina, Inc.
12.) Description: This requirement is for servicing of twelve (12) units of Illumina MiSeq laboratory instrumentation in FSIS laboratories.
13.) Place of Contract Performance: 950 College Station Rd., Athens, Georgia 30605-2720
14.) Set-aside Status: no set-aside used

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