Intent to Sole Source for eDNA Sampler Backpack Combo
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1123523
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service has published a Special Notice regarding their intent to sole source an award for an eDNA Sampler Backpack Combo to Smith-Root, UEI# PD45MS78A175. The notice indicates that this is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals, and the government will make a determination on whether to conduct a competitive procurement based on the responses received.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform interested parties of the Forest Service's intent to award a purchase order for eDNA sampling equipment to Smith-Root under the FAR 13.5 - Sole source (including brand name) acquisitions authority. The period of performance is from May 5, 2024, through June 6, 2024, with a total estimated value of $22,000.00. The NAICS code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Contractors are instructed to respond to Yolanda Padilla via email by April 25, 2024, at 11:00 AM EST, though the government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this notice.
Notice text
This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source.
The USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station/Center for Bottomland Hardwoods/Stoneville, MS intends to sole source to award a purchase order to Smith-Root, UEI# PD45MS78A175 in accordance with FAR 13.5 – Sole source (including brand name) acquisitions. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals.
Closing date of Notice: April 25, 2024, at 11:00 AM (EST)
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.
The size standard is 1,000 employees
Period of Performance is from May 5, 2024, through June 6, 2024
Total Estimated Value $22,000.00
Salient Characteristics for consideration of similar items on a “Brand Name or Equal” basis:
- Backpack eDNA sampler
- Minimum flow rate 0.1 L/min
- >90% at 0.1 L/min or higher flow
- GPS with 2.5 m accuracy
- Logs data on flow rate and amount of water sampled
- 6 to 8 hr battery life
- Can take 2 or more samples at once.
- Can use a 5-micron filter
- Can use self-preserving filters
- Has a prefilter option
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any information submitted by respondents to this synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information that is submitted by respondents to this notice of proposed contract action.
Responses shall only be to Yolanda Padilla electronically via email to: yolanda.padilla@usda.gov
Responses must be received no later than April 25, 2024, at 11:00 AM (EST). All documentation shall become the property of the Government. This synopsis neither constitutes a Request for Quote, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach.
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