DEEP SEQUENCING SERVICE FOR HUMAN RNA SAMPLES

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) intends to procure on a sole source basis with BGI Americas Corporation, One Broadway, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142 to provide deep sequencing service for 163 Human RNA samples and 60M clean reads per samples. The sole source determination is the lab, at NIH, has conducted research and determined that BGI Americas has demonstrated the expertise in providing the service needed that meets the research requirements of the lab. BGI services are necessary to accomplish the goal of this project. In compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. This solicitation is not a Small Business Set-Aside. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however; all responses received, before the closing date, of this announcement will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is anticipated that the RFQ NIH-NICHD-16-060 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. All interested parties to this solicitation may request a copy of the RFQ package via email contact@example.gov. All requests must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and fax number.