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The U.S. Geological Survey hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source firm fixed price contract for a demo unit CFX96 Optical Reaction Module to repair a Bio-Rad CFX-96 quantitative PCR ... The U.S. Geological Survey hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source firm fixed price contract for a demo unit CFX96 Optical Reaction Module to repair a Bio-Rad CFX-96 quantitative PCR (qPCR) instrument for the USGS Columbia Environmental Research (CERC) with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the USGS Columbia Environmental Research (CERC). The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. Questions, comments and responses to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Kimberly Schneider, krschneider@usgs.gov via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent ¿ 140G0122Q0147. The NAICS code is 334516. The size standard is 1,000 employees. A vendor must be registered at https://sam.gov/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.