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Notice of Intent to Sole Source Zymo Research Kits In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)(1), the US Environmental Protection Agency intends to award a sole source f... Notice of Intent to Sole Source Zymo Research Kits In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)(1), the US Environmental Protection Agency intends to award a sole source fixed price Purchase Order. This announcement constitutes the only synopsis for this requirement; and is issued for notification purposes only. This notice of intent is not a request for quote/proposal. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, located in Duluth, MN has a requirement for acquisition of Zymo Research Extraction Kits. Zymo Research supply kits with reagents and consumables for RNA extraction and purification. After testing several of these kits, the Direct-zol-96 MagBead kits manufactured by Zymo Research were the only ones that extracted/purified high quality RNA from out test species (fish:Pimephales promelas; crustacean: Daphnia magna; insect: Chrionomus dilutus; algea: Raphidocelis subcapitata) using our current automated instrumentation (Biomek i5 automated liquid handler). Apart from the effectiveness of the Zymo kits, the development of the methods and instrument optimization for other kits would involve significant time and laboratory effort, perhaps delaying Agency research deliverables. Any interested party that believes it is capable of meeting this requirement described herein may identify themselves and must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill this requirement being requested by 09:00 ED on December 18, 2021. Responses must be submitted in writing to daggs.pam@epa.gov no later than the time and date noted above. Telephone responses and requests will not be accepted. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct competitive procurement. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 325414 and standard business size is 1,000. All current and potential contractors shall use FedConnect which is available at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/default.htm. There is no charge to use FedConnect. FedConnect is hosted by Compusearch, all related questions from vendors/contractors will be answered by Compusearch. If having issues with FedConnect or not registered in FedConnect at this time an exception is extended and alternate responses may be received by e-mail: daggs.pam@epa.gov