70--Luminex 200 Multi-Analyte System with licenses

The U. S. Geological Survey,National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, WI intends to make award on a sole source basis, to Hitachi Software Engineering America DBA as Miraibio in Alameda, CA. to purchase a Luminex 200 Multi-Analyte System and user Network License. Miraibio's custom software allows for simplified multiplex genomic analysis for general DNA quantitation. There is no written solicitiation for this requirement. This award will be made on or about July 21, 2006 under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $100,000.00. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 511210. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. No additional synopsis will be published.