Pigs/Swine with a Landrace X Large White Background

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE IN BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND , INTENDS TO PROCURE THE FOLLOWING SWINE/PIGS - AS A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT - FROM THE VENDOR: FAIRVIEW VETERINARY CLINIC, INC. , LOCATED AT 3104 NORTH ADAMS, LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA 68850. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODE IS: 424520 - WITH A SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD OF 100 EMPLOYEES. THIS PROCUREMENT IS (RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY) FOR SMALL BUSINESS. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS ( NOT ) A REQUESTFOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES, HOWEVER, ALL INFORMATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY NO LATER THAN 11:59 P.M. E.S.T. ON MAY 10, 2015 VIA EMAIL TO •••••@•••••.•••Sign up to see this detail - REFERENCING SOLICITATION NO. 742701. NOTICE OF INTENT TO (SOLE SOURCE). A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO COMPETETHIS PROPOSED CONTRACT BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED. 1. Contracting Activity USDA/ARS/EBSC/AB 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Mailstop 5124 Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5104 John Wilkinson, Purchasing Agent 2. Nature/Description of Action This request is to enter into a firm-fixed price contract for other than full and open (Sole Source) competition for pigs with a Landrace x Large White background from Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc., 3104 North Adams, Lexington, NE 68850. 3. Description of Supplies/Services The USDA is in need of: 80 female swine weighing no less than 200 pounds and no more than 300 pounds with the genetic background comprised of Landrace and Large White crossbreeding; and two (2) teaser boars of a Yorkshire maternal line. The swine are required to have routine immunizations and also be vaccinated against parvovirus (parvo), leptospirosis (lepto), erysipelas, mycoplasma (myco), circovirus (circo), and Haemophilus parasuis (Glasser's disease) prior to shipment. Health records are also required to ensure the animals meet the requirements of the Animal Health Inspection Survey required by the Beltsville Area Veterinary staff. 4. Statutory Authority In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and 41 USC 253(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. 5. Demonstration of Contractor's Unique Qualifications or Nature of the Acquisition that Requires use of the Authority Cited The USDA/ARS requires swine with a highly specific genetic background: a maternal line of pigs with a Landrace x Large White background. It is essential the animals have similar genetics to the USDA-ARS MARC herd in Clay Center, NE as we perform collaborative research and similar genetics are essential to permit comparisons. The herd at the Clay Center is derived from Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc. swine. Performance traits that are essential and unique to these animals include: when bred, these swine produce offspring in litters of greater than 14 pigs born with greater than 13 born alive; secondly these animals wean greater than 11.5 piglets/female farrowed; and critical to our research is that pre-weaning mortality is less fourteen percent for these pigs. Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc. will immunize their swine prior to shipment to meet the specifications of the USDA-ARS and complete our herd health questionnaire to the satisfaction of staff veterinarians. Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc. has a readily available source of swine that comply with the government's requirements. 6. FedBizOpps Announcement/Potential Sources. Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc. matches all of USDA'S specifications with respect to animal breed and agreement to immunize prior to shipping. 7. Determination of Fair and Reasonable Cost A web search confirmed that the price quoted from Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc. is the most reasonable price for swine which meet our unique specifications for genetics and for providing appropriate immunizations necessary to enter our facility. 8. Market Survey Fairview Veterinary Clinic, Inc. has unique qualifications to provide swine with genetics similar to the USDA-ARS MARC herd in Clay Center, NE. USDA will continue to search and evaluate offerings to ensure the swine is acquired, is the best value to the Government.