Q -- BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE) TESTING

Numbered Note number 22 applies to this announcement. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), intends to issue sole source follow-on Purchase Orders using Commercial and Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Testing to the University of California Davis, Colorado State University, Florida Department of Agriculture, Kansas State University, University of Georgia, University of Minnesota, Cornell University, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M University, Washington State University, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. This is not a request for competitive proposals.