# OMEGA RT QUIC WS

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/1120274

- Solicitation number: 1120274
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was March 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Contracting office: WS Fort Collins Co (1282ZC)
- NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6632 Analysis Instruments, Medical Laboratory Use
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Fort Collins, Colorado
- County: Larimer County (FIPS 08069). https://abierto.us/counties/larimer-county-co-08069
- City: Fort Collins. https://abierto.us/cities/fort-collins-co-0827425
- First posted: March 11, 2024
- Last posted: March 11, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e3361a72530b423a94579ec4f3d7cafe/view

## Description

SOLE SOURCE POSTING Purchase of an Omega - RT-QuIC / PRION Version - Fluorescence Base The National Wildlife Research Center is developing a new laboratory exclusively dedicated to research of the prion-based Chronic Wasting Disease. One aspect of this work specifically involves a method called Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion, or RT-QuIC, which was developed in by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The reference method of this assay specifically requires The Omega - RT-QuIC / PRION Version - Fluorescence Base instrument. To follow the specific method outlined by NIH, and subsequently produced data that is comparable among laboratories, the exact same instrumentation must be used. Additionally, there is no other manufacturer of this reader, or any equivalent.

**Contracting Officer:** Todd K. Bierl (Major Program Contracting Officer)

**Emergency Acquisition USDA MRP AAMD Acquisition Email:** Todd.K.Bierl@usda.gov Office#(612)336-3465 Cell# (612)500-1321/(763)286-8084

## Publications

- March 11, 2024: Solicitation, due March 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice e3361a72530b423a94579ec4f3d7cafe. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e3361a72530b423a94579ec4f3d7cafe/view

## Points of contact

- TODD BIERL, todd.k.bierl@usda.gov, 612-336-3465

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