65 -- Laboratory Testing Supplies

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Veterinary Science Laboratory (NVSL), intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Bio-Rad Laboratories for TESEE Detection Kits, TESEE Purification Kits, Barcoded Deepwell Mircroplate Greiner NSP, NSP Tips and Calibration Syringes with needles. The proposed contract action is for items for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquistion regulations per FAR 12.