BovineHD DNA Analysis BeadChip Kits

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to award a sole source contract to Illumina located in San Diego, CA for High Density SNP genotyping assay commercially available for bovine, that must process a minimum of 8 samples per beadchip with each beadchip containing enough SNP assays to genotype > 700,000 loci per sample. Each beadchip assay must be accompanied by reagents for amplifying, fragmenting, hybridizing, labeling and detecting samples. This requirement consists of 2 packs of 96 assays and 1 pack of 48 assays. The reagents and assays must be compatible with existing laboratory equipment for generating SNP genotypes, which is currently based on Illumina technology. Illumina is the only company that provides high density (>700,000) SNP genotyping in cattle. Illumina is the sole provider of SNP genotyping assays that are compatible with iScan genotyping instrumentation for analysis that are currently used in the ARS laboratory. Anticipated date of award: 06/08/2011