***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER AND THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH GTSeek OUT OF TWIN FALLS, ID FOR GT-SEQ SERVICES.  

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) DETERMINATION THAT GTSeek is the only source available to provide the gt-seq services described in the statement of work.  This particular process (GT-seq) is essential to the requirement. GTseek is the only company offering SNP genotyping services using the GT-seq method. Illumina, Inc., sequencing technology is the most widely used genome sequencing platform in the world, producing the gold-standard of short-read DNA sequence quantity and quality across a variety of platforms for different through put needs. We have used the GT-seq genotyping method with Illumina sequencing since 2017 to genotype thousands of marine mammal and sea turtle samples, so compatibility of existing laboratory methods, data types, data managementsystems, and analytical software and methods have all been developed for these methods and platforms. For the planned projects, we have already generated laboratory reagents (species-specific primer panels) for GT-seq genotyping that will be provided for the specified work. GTseek is the sole provider of custom genotyping panels for GT-seq,multiplex PCR primer testing and optimization.

The period of performance will be 8/1/2021 – 9/30/2022.

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