BIOMERIEUX, INC. TEMPO Test Kits

***The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Office of Managment and Budget Field Delegates, and the Office of Sustainable Fisheries National Seafood Inspection Laboratory, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with BIOMERIEUX, INC. located in Salt Lake City, UT for TEMPO Test Kits, consumable testing supplies for the bioMerieux TEMPO, which is used for mission critical analyses for the Seafood Inspection Program. The requirement is specifically for the following supplies: TEMPO QC Kit, Cat: 80000; TEMPO YM Kit, Cat:80001; TEMPO EB Kit, Cat: 80003; TEMPO AC Kit, Cat: 411113 to be delivered to NOAA Fisheries Office of Sustainable Fisheries/National Seafood Inspection Laboratory 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567.

***The sole source determination is based on NOAA’s requirement that BIOMERIEUX, INC. is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes the TEMPO Test Kits, consumable testing supplies for the bioMerieux TEMPO, which is used for mission critical analyses for the Seafood Inspection Program. The requirement is specifically for the following supplies: TEMPO QC Kit, Cat: 80000; TEMPO YM Kit, Cat:80001; TEMPO EB Kit, Cat: 80003; TEMPO AC Kit, Cat: 411113.

Delivery within a 12-month Period of Performance from the date of award.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Test kits shall be compatible with the TEMPO automated quantification system to use the current equipment and to continue using the methodology that has been validated at great expense for the ISO17025:2017 program.

TEMPO QC Kit: 80000 - A quantity of up to 12EA is needed for the base year and in the following option years.

TEMPO YM: 80001, per kit of 48 test

TEMPO EB: 80003, per kit of 48 tests

TEMPO AC: 411113, per kit of 48 tests

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 12 months from the date of the award of the contract with four option years.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be compatible with the bioMerieux TEMPO automated quantification system.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE: Delivery of all items ordered shall be during the period of performance and by the end of the base year period and each option year period of performance.

DELIVERY LOCATION: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Sustainable Fisheries/National Seafood Inspection Laboratory, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567

***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.