Q--LAB TESTING

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Veterinary Science Laboratory (NVSL), Ames, IA, intends to issue a sole source blanket purchase arrangement with the following laboraties for real-time polymerase chain reaction (rrtPCR) for Newcastle Disease (ND) and avian influenza (AI) viruses: Department of Agriculuture & Industries, Auburn, AL; Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Tuscson, AZ; Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission Laboratory, Little Rock, AR; California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, Davis, CA; Colorado State University, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ft Collins, CO; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Cornell University Diagnostic Laboratory, Ithaca, NY; University of Delaware Poultry Laboratory, Georgetown, DE; Florida Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Kissimmee, FL; Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood, GA; Iowa State University Diagnostic Laboratory, Ames, IA; Louisiana State University Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Baton Rouge, LA; Michigan State University, Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Lansing, MI; Maryland Department of Agriculture and Animal Health Laboratory, Salisbury, VA; University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, St Paul, MN; Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Jackson, MS; Nevada Animal Disease Laboratory, Reno, NV; New Jersey Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Trenton, NJ; New Mexico Department of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Services, Albuquerque, NM; Ohio Department of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, OH; Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Stillwater, OK; Pennsylvania State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Harrisburg, PA; Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Raleigh, NC; Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Columbia, SC; Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX; University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, GA; Virginia Department of Agriculture and Animal Health Laboratory, Harrisonburg, VA; Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Pullman, WA; Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison, WI The proposed contract action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12.