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The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation located in Carlsbad, CA for service maintenance agreement of an ABI-3130XL genetic analyzer to be delivered to the USGS Leetown Science Center, in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The period of performance is 06/23/2018 to 06/22/2019. There are two option periods. Life Technologies is the sole proprietor and only authorized personnel that have been trained to perform maintenance and repairs on Life Technologies instruments. In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Email responses to [email protected]. The NAICS code is 811219. The size standard is $20.5 million. The anticipated award date of the contract is 01/18/2018. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.