The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), ERRC, Food Safety and Intervention Technologies Research Unit in Wyndmoor, PA, intends to award a firm fixed price contract to Illumina, Inc., in San Diego, CA on a sole source basis, to furnish and deliver (FOB) Destination a Miseq System which consists of: SY-410-1003 MISEQ SYSTEM; 20019983 MISEQ SILVER SUPPORT PLAN; MS-102-3003 MISEQ REAGENT KIT V3(600-CYCLE) AND FC-131-1001 NEXTERA XT INDEX KIT (24 INDEXES, 96 SAMPLES) to be delivered to the Eastern Regional Research Center.

This instrument will be used for automated generation of DNA clonal clusters by bridge amplification sequencing, primary and secondary analysis. The instrument will allow us to perform whole genome sequencing.

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