Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : Geneious Prime Floating Academic Subscription, USDA APHIS
Deadline : 21 Jul 2025
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 122683561
Document Ref. No. : NOI_SS_1154140
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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Description
USDA APHIS intends to issue a sole source award to GRAPHPAD SOFTWARE, LLC for Geneious Floating Academic Yearly Subscription Licenses.This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Paige Francis, at paige.francis@usda.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding this notice will not be accepted and will not receive a response).
United States Department of AgricultureLimited Source/Brand Name JustificationFAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) - Simplified Acquisitions
1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity.Requesting Agency:
Requesting Activity: USDA APHIS Director's Office, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737
Contracting Activity: USDA APHIS, 250 Marquette Avel, Suite 410, Minneapolis, MN 55401
2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency's needs.
Geneious software is a commercial package of sequence analysis tools that enable scientists to more efficiently analyze and store data belonging to both their projects and diagnostics. This software is mission critical; part of a data management and analysis program used daily by the Center for Veterinary Biologics directly related to testing conducted under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (VSTA; 21 USC 151-159 et. Seq.) which prohibits the preparation and sale of worthless or harmful products for animals.
3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition. Scientists at the Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory (PPCDL) have utilized Geneious for years in their diagnostic and project analysis, creating analysis pipelines and multi-year sequence databases accessible only in Geneious. Only one source exists for this product.
4. A description of the market research conducted and the results or a statement of the reasonmarket research was not conducted.Approved IT security software was screened for alternative software packages. No o...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : NOI_SS_1154140
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE :
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Jul 14, 2025 04:39 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Jul 21, 2025 05:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Aug 05, 2025
Initiative: None
Classification
Original Set Aside: No Set aside used
Product Service Code: 7A21 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION SOFTWARE (PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)
NAICS Code: 513210 - Software Publishers
Place of Performance: Riverdale, MD 20737 USA
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