Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Oxford Nanopore Technologies

This posting serves as the Notice of Intent to award a sole source indefinite delivery requirements contract under the authority of FAR 16.503 and 6.301-2, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agencies requirements.

The United States Department of Agriculture intends to contract with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, on a sole source basis for MinION, GridION, PromethION, MinIT, Flongle and Voltrax devices, as well as associated flow cells and sample preparation reagents and kits. This will be for a single five year ordering period. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.

In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities, pricing, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Governments needs no later than response time provided. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to attached POC. This synopsis is not considered a request for bid/quote/proposal. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests for technical information will not be honored.

No contract will be awarded on a basis of offers received in response to this notice, but offers will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government.