Sole Source Justification for a Maintenance Agreement for Illumina MiSeq Instrumentation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a sole source fixed price purchase order to Illumina, Inc. for maintenance of Illumina MiSeq laboratory instrumentation, in support of the Office of Public Health and Safety (OPHS). Please see the limited sources justification for more details on the requirement. This notice is not a formal solicitation.

However, interested responsible sources may submit a capability statement for the agency’s consideration in determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted in the future for this requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

Date:

May 22, 2024 Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20705 Product Service Code – J066 (MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- INSTRUMENTS AND)

Contracting Office Address:

5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source Proposed Solicitation Number:

123A9424Q0034 Closing Response Date: May 31, 2024, at 11:00am Eastern Standard Time Contact Specialist: Thomas Nasvytis, thomas.nasvytis@usda.gov Karen Petty, karen.petty2@usda.gov Estimated Contract Award Dollar Amount: $1,230,217.47 Proposed Contract Award Date:

April 7, 2024 Contractor:

Illumina, Inc. Description: This requirement is for maintenance of Illumina MiSeq laboratory instrumentation.

Place of Contract Performance: 950 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605 Set-aside Status: no set-aside used