The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) and Animal Care (AC) intend to issue sole source awards using non-commercial acquisition procedures to interested National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) labs for the purpose of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for Avian Influenza testing. The following laboratories are part of the NAHLN system and would be eligible for award: Environmental Health Laboratory, Anchorage, AK; Charles S. Roberts Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Auburn, AL; Arkansas Livestock & Poultry Commission Lab, Little Rock, AR; Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Tucson, AZ; California Animal Health & Food Safety Lab, Davis, CA; Colorado State University Veterinary Diag. Lab, Fort Collins, CO; Department of Pathobiology & Veterinary Science, Storrs, CT; University of Delaware poultry Laboratory, Georgetown, DE; Kissimmee Diagnostic Laboratory, Kissimmee, FL; Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood, GA; Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Athens, GA; University of Georgia Veterinary Diag. Laboratory, Tifton, GA; State Laboratories Division, Pearl City, HI; ISU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ames, IA; Purdue University Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, West Lafayette, IN; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; Maryland Dept. of Ag & Animal Health Laboratory, Salsbury, MD; Diagnostic Center of Population and Animal Health, Lansing, MI; Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, St. Paul, MN; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Mississippi Vet Research & Diagnostic Laboratory, Jackson, MS; North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, NC; Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Lincoln, NE; New Jersey Dept. of Ag, Division of Animal Health, Trenton, NJ; New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Albuquerque, NM; Nevada Animal Disease Laboratory, Reno, NV; Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Ithaca, NY; Ohio Department of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, OH; Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Stillwater, OK; Oregon State Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Corvallis, OR; Pennsylvania State Vet Diagnostic Laboratory, Harrisburg, PA; University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA; Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Columbia, SC; Texas Vet Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX; Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Logan, UT; Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Animal Health Lab, Harrisonburg, VA; Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Pullman, WA; Avian Health and Food Safety Laboratory, Puyallup, WA; Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Madison, WI; West Virginia Dept. of Agriculture, Charleston, WV. The proposed contract action is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Numbered Note 22 applies. Any questions or inquiries must be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to the Contracting Office, to the attention of the point of contact listed in this notice. Requests by telephone will not be honored. Point of contact: Larry Nelson, Contracting Officer, (612) 336-3225, FAX: (612) 370-2106, E-mail:
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