All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing / BigDye Terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure the BigDye Terminator v1.1 Cycle Sequencing Kit, 5000rxn, catalog # 4337452, quantity 1 each from Life Technologies Corporation. This sequencing kit will continue to provide a wide range of research activities that extends from identification and antigenic characterization of viruses that cause acute disease of the respiratory to basic molecular studies of viral structure, function, and genome organization. The kit have been used for more than two (2) years and is needed for ongoing experiments where the continuity of the same sequencing kit must be maintained to ensure experimental results are not influenced by other variables. Failure to obtain the sequencing kit would result in the inability to characterize our viruses. This will be a firm-fixed price contract in accordance with the statutory authority for this sole source requirement 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-72, dated January 1, 2014. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 325199, which has a size standard of 1000. All responsible sources who feel they can meet these requirements shall submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time, Friday, January 31, 2014, through the U.S. Postal Service at the address of NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Road, Room 2NE38A, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4811. Email and fax submissions are acceptable. Point of contact concerning this requirement is Jennifer Walker can be reached by phone at 301-402-2282, and/or email to [email protected]. Collect calls will not be accepted.