Notice of Intent to Sole Source

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. No solicitation will be issued.

All responsible sources who believe they can provide the services listed may submit, in writing to the identified point of contact, a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Responses are to be received within 2 days of this notice. No telephone calls are being accepted.

The USDA, ARS, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS  66502, has a need for Growing, Harvesting, and Delivering novel wheat germplasm seed in Yuma, AZ and intents to award a firm fixed price contract to 2nd Nature Research LLC, PO Box 5402, Yuma, AZ 85366

The unique requirements are:

ARS provides approximately 8 seeds of each line for planting into 5x11 rows in a paired 2-row drop per seed source.  The cooperator plants the seed, and provides necessary irrigation, weed control, and fungicide application (if needed).  The cooperator individually harvests and threshes the paired 2-row drops of each line and returns harvested seed to ARS.  The cooperator provides access to the production to ARS personnel for evaluation during the growing season.  Contract will be for one base year and four option years.

The NAICS Code for the expected acquisition is 541715, with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees.  Any subsequent procurement will be conducted as a commercial item purchase in accordance with both 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 13.106-1 (b)(1)(i)