USDA ARS Automated DNA Analysis System
The USDA Agricultural Research Service is seeking an Automated DNA Analysis and Size Selection Pulsed-Field Electrophoresis System, specifically LightBench Discover or equivalent, including the installation kit, installation, setup, calibration, and customer training. The system must meet or exceed specified characteristics such as automated gel-based DNA size selection and recovery, pulsed-field electrophoresis, fragment-length analysis of at least 80 kb, DNA quantification, and compatibility with next-generation sequencing workflows. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS 334516, with one firm-fixed-price award intended; contractors must price all line items, and exact products or verified equivalent products will be considered. Quotations and questions should be emailed to veronica.beck@usda.gov.