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 N63116-21-Q-0567 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 order will be submitted electronically through Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) - Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF).

Description:

11 Each – Catalog Number: 20040537– Illumina RNA Prep with Enrichment, (L) Tagmentation (96 Samples)

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

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

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

8 Each – Catalog Number: 20027214 – IDT® for Illumina® DNA/RNA UD Indexes Set B, Tagmentation (96 Indexes, 96 Samples)

Items will delivered on 8 September 2021, 5 October 2021, 3 November 2021 and 1 December 2021.  Details of delivery schedule will be provided upon request.