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Notice ID:36C26119Q0910
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought notice or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. (b) Although propos...
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought notice or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. (b) Although proposal, offeror, contractor, and offeror may be used in this sources sought notice, any response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) Any information received from a contractor in response to this sources sought notice may be used in creating a solicitation. Any information received which is marked with a statement, such as proprietary or confidential, intended to restrict distribution will not be distributed outside of the Government, except as required by law. (d) This sources sought notice is issued for purpose of collecting information about the availability of authorized SDVOSB or VOSB distributors that can provides an RNA sequencer that can perform single reads and paired end reads. The sequencer must be able to perform small whole- genome sequencing, targeted gene sequencing, targeted gene expression profiling, long-range Amplicon sequencing, miRNA and small RNA analysis, and 16S Metagenomic sequencing. The system needs to come with accompanying software to analyze the data retrieved. This is a sources sought notice only, no formal solicitation document exists at this time. Offerors response shall include the following information: - Reference Number 36C26119Q0910 - Company Name, point of contact, title, phone number and email address. - DUNS number - Contractors shall identify the NAICS code for the product being offered as well as their size status. - Contractors shall include the terms and conditions of the warranty for all proposed equal products. (e) Contractors that feel they have an equal product are encouraged to email full information to Carol.lam@va.gov. Please email all inquiries by July 29, 2019. Only emailed received directly from interested persons are acceptable. Receipt must be acknowledged on my desktop computer to be recognized as received. Alternate Item submission: Offerors submitting alternate items must provide technical information sufficient for a lay person to determine acceptability. Information will not be paid for by the government nor returned to the supplying party. The information will be used to determine product acceptability. Lack of sufficient information for our staff to determine product acceptability will result in a negative determination. Any quote will then be found non-responsiveness to the solicitation and the quote will not be considered. New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured, used/refurbished or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty. No product in development shall be considered. Authorized dealers: Experienced firms only who are authorized distributor will be considered in addition to the original equipment manufacturer. A letter from the manufacturer stating your company is an authorized dealer for the line items must be in possession by the due date and be available for submission, if requested. Offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time an offer or quotation is submitted and at the time of contract award. Registration information is located at www.sam.gov. Award will be made to the responsive/responsible offeror who provides the technically acceptable product at the lowest price. The Government has an urgent need for the procurement of the following items: Item Description/Part Number: ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ MiniSeq Sequencing System LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: SY-420-1001 0002 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ MiniSeq Silver Support Plan LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 20019982 Delivery to: Eugene Lee at Research 10535 Hospital Way, Mather, CA
