NAICS Code: 541710 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a sole source procurement on or about May 30, 2003 with Evrogen JSC, Moscow, Russia for providing custom cDNA forward and reverse subtraction library services. The period of performance shall be within seven to eleven weeks from date of award. EPA believes that Evrogen is the only source capable of providing the required services because Evrogen JSC provides a service known as Mirror Orientation Selection (MOS), which reduces background in the selection of clones and results in less duplication and better representation of unique clones. FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements" permits other than full and open competition. The intent of this notice is to determine if any other source(s) exist, and therefore, no solicitation (Request for Quotations) is available. All interested parties who believe they can provide the required services may respond by submitting a written narrative statement of capability for consideration by the agency within 15 days of this notice to: U.S. EPA, Attn: Barbara Nelson (E105-02), RTP Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. No telephonic or faxed request will be honored. Response must include detailed technical information and other technical literature demonstrating the ability to satisfy this requirement. Responses shall also include itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. If no affirmative responses are received within 15 days of this notice to determine that competition is feasible, a purchase order will be placed with Evrogen JSC.

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