66--Reagents

Center for Health Care Contracting, 2107 17th Street, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234, intends to award a sole source contract to Applied Biosystems, LLC for DNA Reagents, under NAICS code 325413. This requirement is for the DoD DNA Registry, AFMES, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rockville, MD 20850-3125. The anticipated delivery date is 15 Sep 2010. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1), only one source reasonably available. The requested reagents are as follows: (1) 96 Well Optical Plates 2 cases; (2) POP 7, 1 box; (3) 3730 Buffer (10x) with EDTA 500ML 12 bottles; (4) 10XPCR Buffer (377) 1 Each; (5) Quantifiler Duo 10 Each; (6) Prepfiler Manual Kit w/ Plastics 5 Kits; (7) POP-4 (384) 3500 Series 30 Each; (8) POP-6 (384) 3500 Series 20 Each; (9) Conditioning Reagent 3500 Series 50 Each; (10) Anode Buffer Cont 3500 Series 60 Each; (11) Cathode Buffer Cont. 3500 Series 60 Each; (12) Septa Cathode Buffer Container 3500 Series 2 Each; (13) Identifiler Plus Kit 2 Kits; and (14) 10XPCR Buffer II & MgC12 5 Kits. Reagents are purchased for use on Applied Biosystems instrument models: 3730, 3500, and 7500. Applied Biosystems is the only company that can satisfy the governments requirement. The reagents being requested are required to maintain consistency and standardization of testing to maintain accreditation and accuracy. Also, the requirement is exclusive of a software license agreement, GeneMapper ID-1X, which is only available from Applied Biosystems. Additionally, the reagents requested are only compatible with existing Applied Biosystems equipment currently in laboratories.