Description
The USDA, Animal Plant Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), Riverdale, MD, intends to procure a tissue collection system based on a filter paper type medium suitable for tissue capturing, preserving of nucleic acids, and storage of the preserved tissue for along period of time at room temperature. Submit faxed quotations to Purchasing Section, at (612) 370 2136, Attention Joanne Mann. QUOTATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 30, 2006 BY 10:00 a.m. local time. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. A firm fixed price purchase order will be awarded. F.O.B. Kansas City, MO. NAICS Code: 334513 THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses which are in effect through the most current Federal Acquisition Circular. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items 52.212 1; Evaluation Commercial items 52.212 2; Offeror Representations and Certifications 52.212 3; Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items 52.212 4; Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items 52.212 5; The following FAR clauses identified in FAR 52.212-5 are considered checked and are applicable to this acquisition: 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.225-1 Buy American Act; 52.225-3 Buy American Certificate-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration (CCR). To be awarded this contract, the offeror must be registered in the CCR. The above clauses may be viewed on the website: www.arnet.gov/far. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A QUOTATION FOR CONSIDERATION. ******SPECIAL NOTE: Offers shall include 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications, which may be submitted from the website: http://orca.bpn.gov ******* All offers must be signed. The Government will award a firm fixed price purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Technical and past performance when combined are significantly more important than cost or price. All offers shall include: Company Name, Company Address, Company Contact Name and Telephone number, Tax Payer Identification Number, DUNS number and business size. SPECIFICATIONS: A tissue collection system based on a filter paper type medium suitable for tissue capturing, preserving of nucleic acids, and storage of the preserved tissue for long period of time at room temperature. PROCEDURES AND ACTIVITIES EXPECTED: 1. The system shall be in a format which can be used in animal agriculture environments under a wide range of weather conditions. 2. The system devices shall be resistant to cross contamination and be suitable for identification with pencil or ink markings, or by the attachment of one or more barcode labels. 3. Each device shall be designed to store a single specimen from a single animal. 4. The medium to which the specimen is applied shall be capable of rapid tissue capture with the nucleic acids stabilized within 1 to 2 minutes within the medium. 5. The medium shall function in a wide range of environmental temperatures. 6. Tissue cells that contact the medium shall undergo lysis and fluids shall be trapped in the medium to allow for safe handling and shipment by standard mail. 7. The system shall permit and facilitate rapid DNA purification by existing and easily acquired laboratory protocols. 8. The system shall be easily integrated into genotyping laboratory automation schema. 9. The medium shall allow for DNA archiving for a minimum of five years at room temperature. 10. The system devices shall be packaged in a manner that prevents deterioration of the device for a minimum of two years when stored under typical warehouse conditions. 11. The contractor shall provide documentation that the system has been successfully used for the requested purposes. 12. Contractors shall provide 50 samples of their product for testing and evaluation purposes, at no cost to the Government. Any unused samples will not be returned to the offeror. Samples shall be shipped to: USDA APHIS VS NAHP, Unit 43, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20727 Attn: Gary Ross QUALITY CONTROL Offerors must demonstrate their manufacturing practices are subject to a rigorous quality control program and meet international standards where applicable. Line Item 01 Quantity: 50,000 ea $ ______________ Pricing shall include shipping to final destination: USDA NATIONAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT CENTER, 1510 East Bannister Road Bldg 7, Kansas City, MO 64131. The entire quantity will be shipped to Kansas City, MO, as orders will not be placed against the resulting purchase order.