SAM #75N98027Q00019

Five-year maintenance for a Cytek Aurora Spectral Flow Cytometer Analyzer

NIH seeks five years of maintenance for an NHLBI Cytek Aurora Spectral Flow Cytometer Analyzer. - Government buyer: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), CRC Flow Cytometry Facility / Flow Cytometry Core; the notice also identifies NIH’s Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations. Contact named: Keyvan Keyvanfar. - OEM and vendor: Cytek Biosciences is the instrument manufacturer and the required source of Cytek-trained service. BD Biosciences is identified in the RFQ as the intended awardee. - Requested service: One Aurora 5-laser analyzer with loader Gold Coverage maintenance contract. No part number is provided. - Coverage includes annual on-site preventive maintenance with a PM kit, repairs, parts, labor, travel, unlimited phone support, component shipment, and software and firmware updates. Covered equipment includes the lasers, fluidics, optics, sample loader, controllers, software, electronics, and associated components. - Service is performed by Cytek-trained field engineers. Guaranteed response is within 24 hours for a nonfunctional instrument and within 48 hours for a functional instrument; service is at an NHLBI CRC satellite laboratory in Bethesda, Maryland. - Performance and value: Five years, consisting of a base year and four option years. The solicitation lists an annual price of $36,272.00 and a total estimated value of $181,456.70; billing is quarterly in arrears. - Amendment: Amendment 0001 was added, but the provided notice history does not state its specific terms.

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.(ii) The solicitation number is 75N98027Q00019 and the solicitation is issued as a Notice of Intent (NOI) of a non-competitive (notice of intent) combined synopsis solicitation to award a contract or purchase order without providing for full or open competition (including brand-name).This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the FAR Part 12.603 Streamlined solicitation for commercial products or commercial services, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, and the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901 and the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii).

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