Smart Assay ELISA test kits

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Otis ANGB, Massachusetts, intends to issue a sole source purchase order with Horiba Instruments for Smart Assay ELISA kits for Dinotefuran, acetamiprid and emamectin. The proposed contract action is for supplies for 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. However, all proposals received within after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.