THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS/QUOTES/BIDS, THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY This Sources Sought is for the purpose of identifying firms that can meet the following United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Requirements. The USDA ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station has a requirement for analysis services, specifically, DNA mapping and genotyping analysis of 96-well plates of common bean samples , under NAICS 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services. The work will involve running 4, 96-well plates of common bean DNA from an Andean RIL population using a large-scale SNP chip for evaluation of the common bean genome with a known and mapped set of SNP markers. The 4 plates of DNA will be sent to the vendor for evaluation. The SNP markers must be evaluated with a Beadchip (BARCBEAN12k_HTS) from Illumina or equal to evaluate approximately 11,000 SNPs to facilitate mapping and genetic analysis. The vendor shall return the genotypic data for each line in the population. Species/Crop: Common bean Analysis type: Routine Number of 96-format plates: 4 Number of SNP markers: 11,000 This Sources Sought is not to be considered as a request for proposal/quotes/bids or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the contractor submission to this Sources Sought or the Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. No contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Data submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned. INSTRUCTION FOR SUBMISSION: After review of the attached documentation, interested parties may submit a response in an electronic format only via email to
[email protected] no later than April 22, 2024 10:00 AM ET. Electronic files should be in Microsoft Office Word or PDF format. All information should be UNCLASSIFIED material only. Respondents should include as part of their submission: Capabilities statement. GSA Number if applicable DUNS Number Firm Name Firm Address Business size, SDVOSB, HUBZone, or Woman owned status, as validated via the System for Award Administration (SAM). All offers must register on the SAM located at http://www.SAM.gov Firm’s point of contact, phone and email address. Past work experience. If you have experience working with other Federal Agencies and/or commercial businesses of similar size and scope, please include agency and/or business name contract number (if applicable), amount and type of contract (e.g. FFP, T&M, Labor hour etc). Any proprietary information must be marked as such, the RFI information should not exceed a total of 10 one-sided 8 1/2x11 pages, with one-inch margins, and font no smaller than 12 point.