Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dexter NFH intends to award a firm fixed price sole source base plus four option year contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source to:
Life Technologies Corporation
5781 Van Allen Way
Carlsbad, CA 92008
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811210, Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The Molecular Ecology Laboratory at Southwestern ARRC uses 3500xL and Quantstudio 5 for fragment analysis, sequencing, and qPCR. Life Technologies, manufactures, and is the exclusive vendor of a variety of scientific instruments, consumables, and reagents and does not have any authorized agents, distributors, or dealers for its instrument systems, consumable products, or services. No other companies offer Life Technologies equipment, consumables, reagents, or services. Furthermore, other similar products are not compatible with these machines, and the cost of these machines makes it prohibitive to replace. Our SOP protocols require the use of fluorescently labeled primers, GeneScanTM 500 LIZTM Size Standard, 10X Genetic Analyzer Buffer with EDTA, POP-4 Polymer, MicroAmp Optical 96-Well Reaction Plates, Hi-DiTM Formamide, and 36cm Applied Biosystems 3500 Capillary Array with these machines. No other companies offer this Life Technologies certified equipment, consumables, or reagents. Furthermore, other similar products are not compatible with the 3500xL and the Quantstudio 5, and the cost of these machines makes it prohibitive to replace them.
This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation; however, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government.

Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: Lorenzo_aragon@fws.gov.

NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS/OFFERS WILL BE HONORED