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SOLE SOURCE CHARM SCIENCES The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), has annual requirement for an estimated 25,000 quantitative mycotoxin tests for the determination of Aflatoxin, Deoxynivalenol (DON), Fumonisin, and Zearalenone. Aflatoxin, DON, Fumonisin, and Zearalenone are naturally occurring mycotoxins produced by several species of molds. Each species of mold has unique ideal growing conditions and affect specific grains and commodities. 7 CFR § 800.15(b)(1)(ii) states, “. . . corn, as defined in § 810.401, exported from the United States tested for aflatoxin contamination unless the buyer and seller agree not to have the corn tested. ” This Statement of Work includes test kits for the four above mentioned mycotoxins. Submissions will include only one test kit. If the submitter is submitting three test kits for consideration, then three submissions (one per test kit) must be submitted. Each test kit will be evaluated according to the specific requirements based on the type of mycotoxin. The contract for the mycotoxin test kits will be awarded on best choice considering cost, overall test kit performance, same testing platform, same equipment, and total commodities (required and additional.) The Contactor must: Provide a quantitative water-based extraction test kit capable in analyzing total aflatoxin (B1, B2, G1, G2) in corn with a minimum testing range of 5ppb to 300ppb aflatoxin. and/or Provide a quantitative water-based extraction test kit capable in analyzing DON in corn and wheat with a minimum testing range of 0.5ppm to 30ppm DON. and/or Provide a quantitative water-based extraction test kit capable in analyzing Fumonisin (sum of B1, B2, B3) in with a minimum testing range of 0.5ppm to 30ppm Fumonisin. and/or Provide a quantitative water-based extraction test kit capable in analyzing Zearalenone in corn with a minimum testing range of 100ppb to 1000ppb zearalenone. Include a list of equipment, accessories, and supplies required for the test kit(s) offered for testing. Provide all non-disposable items (e.g., readers, incubators, micro-centrifuge, micro-pipette) at no cost to FGIS. Replace any non-functioning, non-disposable items (e.g., readers, incubators, micro-centrifuge, micro-pipette) at no cost to FGIS. Provide a unit price that includes all costs, including shipping, to test one sample of grain for mycotoxin content. Refer to section F of this document for the list of FGIS offices/delivery locations. NOTE: When the disposable items are shipped separately from the test kit, the per unit cost of the disposables must not exceed those listed in the schedules. Provide the option for test kit purchases of varying counts (i.e., 100 and 50 tests) at the same unit price. Due to the drastic range in the number of FGIS mycotoxin tests performed across all FGIS testing sites and to reduce the amount of test kits expiring before use, the…

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