The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and no other supply or service will satisfy the agency requirements to establish an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with a base year and four (4) 1-year options for training. The FBI requires a contract to allow FBI personnel to obtain training on a variety of different topics such as Forensic DNA Analysis, Prep-Filer and DNA Extraction, GMID-X Training, and Advanced HID training. Vendor shall provide training at the vendor's location or at the FBI Laboratory. Training provided by the vendor shall incorporate all products or equipment currently approved for use for Convicted Offender, Arrestee and Detainee processing. Training Classes: (HID100) Intro to Human Identification (HID200) Forensic DNA Analysis-31XX (HID210) HID Quant. With Real Time PCR (HID220) VALID S/W Advanced Training (HID230) GeneMapper 3.2 Software Training (HID240) Basic GMID- X Software Training (HID250) Web-based HID s/w Training (HID260) Prepfiler and DNA Extraction HID Evolution Training - Extraction HID Evolution Training - QPCR/STR HID Evolution Training - Extraction/QPCR/STR TRN00095 can be bundled with HID Evolution Training - QPCR/STR (HID280) HID EVOlution training (HID310) Advanced GMID- X Training (HID320) Advanced HID Training (HID400) HID University Certification HID On-site FAS Support Based on extensive market research conducted with knowledgeable individuals in Government and the related industry, only Applied Biosystems can provide the requested training as they are the sole provider of the specific reagents, consumables, software and equipment identified above. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties are advised that no solicitation document is available for this requirement and may identify their interest and capacity by submitting a capabilities statement by 9:00 am, EST, by Tuesday, September 7, 2010. The capability statement must reference solicitation number 10-Q-LDQ003305. The capability statement should be delivered to the FBI Laboratory, 2501 Investigation Parkway, Room 1252, Quantico, VA 22135, Attn: Lynda M. Theisen, Contracting Officer or by email to [email protected]. The Government will not pay for any information received. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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