Non-Personal Services for Photopigments Hplc Tender - 105183297

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Country: USA

Summary: Non-Personal Services for Photopigments Hplc Analysis

Deadline: 16 Aug 2024

Posting Date: 03 Aug 2024

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 105183297

Document Ref. No.: 145025-24-0075MWH

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION-S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (oar) GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (GLERL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES LOCATED IN ROCHESTER, MI FOR NON-PERSONAL SERVICES FOR ANALYZING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC) PIGMENT COMPOSITION.
***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA-S REQUIREMENT THAT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES, IS THE ONLY LABORATORY SOURCE THAT HAS THE EQUIPMENT, RESOURCES, AND ABILITIES TO PERFORM THIS WORK TO ANALYZE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC) PIGMENT COMPOSITION. PHOTOPIGMENT ANALYSIS IS VERY SPECIALIZED AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF LABORATORIES ACTIVELY DETERMINE CONCENTRATIONS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OAKLAND UNIVERSITY-S RESEARCH TEAM AND OTHER LABORATORIES IS THAT THEY EXAMINE HOW ACQUATIC ORGANISMS ARE IMPACTED BY NUTRIENTS AND ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS. RESEARCH FOCAL AREAS INCLUDE ECO-PHYSIOLOGY AND LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS OF PLANKTON, POPULATION DYNAMICS AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. NOAA HAS USED THIS METHOD OF ANALYSIS IN THE PAST ON LIMITED SAMPLES FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, WHEN THE FEDERAL MANDATE WAS INITIALLY ENACTED. BECAUSE OF THE RESULTS RENDERED IN THE PAST, AND THE OUTSTANDING REPORTING OAKLAND UNIVERSITY HAS RENDERED, IT IS ONLY LOGICAL TO CONTINUE THIS WORK, ON A LARGER SCALE. IT IS CRITICAL TO KEEP THE ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTS CONSISTENT AND THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE USING THE SAME PROCESS BY OAKLAND UNIVERISTY, AS THEY ARE THE ONLY SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY FOR GREAT LAKES PIGMENT ANALYSIS.
THIS SERVICE APPLIES DIRECTLY THE THE GLERL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONCERNING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM. IT IS GOVERNED UNDER THE FOLLOWING MANDATE “NOAA HAS BEEN GIVING THE AUTHORITY AND HAS A FEDERAL MANDATE (HABHRCA LEGISLATION S: 1254...
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Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)

All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA

Original Published Date: Aug 01, 2024 02:45 pm EDT

Original Response Date: Aug 16, 2024 04:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Original Inactive Date: Aug 31, 2024

Initiative: None
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Product Service Code: B529 - SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SCIENTIFIC DATA

NAICS Code: 541380 - Testing Laboratories and Services
Place of Performance: USA

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