Phytoxigene CyanoDTec Kits and Cyanobacteria Strands
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 145025-25-0049EM
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a Special Notice announcing its intent to procure CyanoDTec Kits and Cyanobacteria Strands from Phytoxigene Inc on a sole source basis. The procurement is being handled by NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, for the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab. The notice was posted on July 28, 2025, with a response deadline of August 12, 2025. The items are to be delivered to Ann Arbor, Michigan, within 30 days of contract award. This procurement falls under NAICS code 325998 for miscellaneous chemical product manufacturing and PSC code 6640 for laboratory equipment and supplies.
NOAA's sole source determination is based on Phytoxigene Inc being the only known manufacturer and distributor of cyanobacteria and microcystin PCR detection and quantification kits that meet their specific requirements. The company is the sole producer of kits containing five standards for both detection and quantification of cyanobacteria and toxin genes, with no US resellers available for these specialized products. While this is not a request for competitive proposals, firms believing they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation within 15 days of the notice publication. Any such documentation will be evaluated solely to determine whether competitive procurement should be conducted instead of the planned sole source award. The government retains full discretion in making this determination, and oral communications in response to this notice are not acceptable.
Notice text
***The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder (WAD), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Phytoxigene Inc located in Akron, OH for CyanoDTec Kits and Cyanobacteria Strands to be delivered to Ann Arbor, MI.
***The sole source determination is based on NOAA’s requirement that Phytoxigene Inc is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes this product. Phytoxigene, Inc., is the only known source to the scientific community that are producers of a cyanobacteria and microcystin PCR detection and quantification kit, with 5 standards that are not found elsewhere. There are no US resellers of these items. Other kits are available with measures and standards that are less than the requirements needed. This is the only kit available with 5 standards and includes both detection and quantification of cyanobacteria and the toxin gene.
Deliver By: No later than 30 days from date of award
***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
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