Intent to Sole Source Acquisition

This is a notice of intent to sole source a commercial item under (FAR Authority: 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements), The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 334210 and the small business size standard is 1250 employees or less.

The USDA, Agriculture Research Service (ARS)., Pacific West Area (PWA) research laboratory located at Salinas, CA intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order Data2Bio for the DNA Extraction and genotyping by sequencing analysis of 500 samples of Lactuca Sativa (lettuce).

All interested parties are encouraged to provide information on their capabilities to meet this requirement. In order to be considered a potential source, interested parties must submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating the capabilities to satisfy the requirement specified above and advantages of the Government to consider another source. The documentation must include prices and descriptive literature containing sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona fide capability to meet this requirement. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis, the contracting officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended GSA schedule vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis. If no affirmative written response is received by 1530 PST, May 25, 2016, an award will be pursued with the company mentioned above.

All businesses wishing to conduct business with the US. Federal Government are required to obtain a DUNS number and register in SAM (System for Award Management).  The SAM is a Web-enabled government wide application that collects, validates, stores and disseminates business information about the federal government's trading partners in support of the contract award, grants and the electronic payment processes.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within 2 days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed purchase based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Any quotation/response should be emailed to Robert Risch Contract Specialist at [email protected] by 5:00 PM PST, July12, 2016.