This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposal.  However, if interested, Government shall consider all responses.  Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) intends to solicit a proposal and enter into a contract with Illumina, Inc, San Diego, CA.  The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) per FAR 6.302-1(c).  Contract will be evaluated on Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).  Please reference N63116-19-Q-0593 on all quotes.

The NAICS code for this contract will be 325413.  NHRC requires that all contractors doing business with the Acquisition Office must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM).  No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM.  For additional information and to register to SAM, please access the following website: https;//www.sam.gov/.  In order to register with SAM and be eligible to receive an award from this Acquisition Office, all offerors must have a DUN & Bradstreet Number.  A DUN & Bradstreet Number may be acquired free of charge by contacting DUN & Bradstreet online at https://dnb.com/products/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505.

Items are being requested for use in laboratories at Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego.  All items will be shipped to San Diego 92152.  The quote should include all applicable shipping and handling costs.  As NHRC is a Government facility, no sales tax will be paid.  All quotes must include the Company Name, Full Address, CAGE Code and Point of Contact information including Name, Phone Number and E-Mail address.  All invoices for this standing order will be submitted electronically through Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) - Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF).

Description:

5 Each – Catalog Number: 20020599 – TruSeq® Stranded Total RNA Library Prep Gold

8 Each – Catalog Number: MS-102-2002– MiSeq Reagent Kit v2 (300-cycle)

15 Each – Catalog Number: MS-103-1002 – MiSeq Reagent Micro Kit v2 (300-cycles)

1 Each – Catalog Number: 20040537 – Illumina RNA Prep with Enrichment

1 Each – Catalog Number: 20027213 – IDT for Illumina DNA/RNA UD Indexes Set A, Tagmentation (96 Indexes, 96 Samples)

5 Each – Catalog Number: FC-131-1096 – Nextera XT DNA Library Preparation Kit

2 Each – Catalog Number: FC-131-2001 – Nextera XT Index Kit v2

2 Each – Catalog Number: 20020492 – TruSeq® RNA Single Indexes Set A

2 Each – Catalog Number: 20020493 – TruSeq® RNA Single Indexes Set B

1 Each – Catalog Number: 20020599 – TruSeq® Stranded Total RNA Library Prep Gold

1 Each – Catalog Number: 20019792 – TruSeq® RNA CD Index Plate

1 Each – Catalog Number: 20044311 – Respiratory Virus Oligo Panel v2

See the attached Delivery Schedule for required delivery dates.