This is not a solicitation, but a review of the market to determine the available  business sources.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is looking for small business sources that can provide synthesized DNA primers.  The contractor will be required to synthesize 50-200nmoles of DNA primers of 15-100 nucleotides in length.  Short primers (<40 bases) will be deprotected, desalted, and lyophilized; and longer primers will be purified with polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as needed.

The solicitation from this requirement is anticipated to result in an IDIQ contract award for a base year with the option of four addtional years.

The North American Industrical Classification System code relevant to this requirement is 325414; and the small business size standard, as determined by the Small Business Administration (SBA), is 500 employees (www.sba.gov - effective 8/22/2008). 

All potential small business sources should submit a capability statement or executive summaries by e-mail to LaDonna Stewart at [email protected].  The capability statement or executive summaries should demonstrate the offerors ability to perform the work as described above and should note their business size as determined by the NAICS associated with this requirement.   Capability statements or executive summaries are limited to three (3) pages.

Any questions regarding this requirement should be submitted in writing to LaDonna Stewart at the aforementioned e-mail address.