PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES (PACBIO) SINGLE MOLECULE REAL TIME (SMRT) SEQUENCING ON TWO (2) FIELD-COLLECTED SAMPLES OF PLASMODIUM FACIPARUM.

The United States Department Of Naval Medical Research Center(NMRC) intends to award a sole source contract, Duke University, Durham, NC. 27708 . This notice is not a request for competitive proposals however If interested Government shall consider all responses. 1. Sequencing Data Storage - 1 EA. 2. PacBio Sequencing and library construction - 1 EA. 3. PacBio Analysis Services including genome assembly - 1 EA. 4. Postdoctoral Fellow - 1 EA. The NAICS code for this action is 541712. This requirement will be procured under the guidelines of FAR Part 12 Commercial Items. NMRC requires that all contractors doing business with the Acquisition Office must be registered with the Systems For Award Management (SAM). No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in Systems For Award Management. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following website: http://www.sam.gov/. In order to register with the SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this Acquisition Office, all offers must have a DUN & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet online at https://www.dnb.com/products/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505