Sequencer

The Department of Veterans Affairs published a Special Notice announcing a sole source contract opportunity for a Genestudio S5 Prime System sequencer. The Louis Stokes Medical Center intends to solicit and negotiate only with Thermo Fisher Scientific for the sequencer, which automates all steps of targeted next-generation sequencing workflows from purified nucleic acid through variant reporting for DNA, RNA, and cell-free DNA applications.

The Special Notice provides vendors until January 20, 2020 to identify their capability to fulfill the requirement of providing a Genestudio S5 Prime System sequencer. However, the decision to conduct a competitive procurement rests solely with the government. Any inquiries must be submitted to Rachelle Hamer at rachelle.hamer@va.gov by the due date and include "36C25020Q0078 | Sequencer" in the email subject line. The NAICS code for this opportunity is 334510, with a small business size standard of 1,200. While the opportunity is not set aside, other vendors may qualify as a small business to participate.