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Announcement Number: NOI-26-000812 Date Posted: 4/17/2026 Date Solicitation Issued: 4/17/2026 Date Response Due: 4/27/2026 Project Title: Renewal Service Agreement for VITEK Mass Spectrometer Prime Contracting Office: Office of Logistics and Office of Administration Contact Points: Contracting Officer: Brian Lind, brian.lind@nih.gov Contract Specialist : tonia.alexander@nih.gov Acquisition Authority: This acquisition is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and the resultant contract award will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01, March 13, 2026. North American Classification System (NAICS) Code: 811210 Small business size standard: $34.0 in millions Set-aside Status: This requirement is not set aside for small businesses; this is a sole source requirement. Competition Status: This requirement is posted as limited source\sole source Description of Requirement: This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The Office of Logistics and Office of Administration (OLAO), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intend to negotiate on an other than full and open competition bases with BioMérieux Inc., 515 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA, to procure a renewal maintenance/service agreement for a VITEK Mass Spectrometer Prime instrument. A renewal service agreement for a VITEK Mass Spectrometer with the serial numbers of SW-VT035937, SW-VT035938, MXL2082SZT, and ES00577 is to assure uninterrupted testing of microbiological agents from animal samples. Testing is performed by NIH veterinarians and assist in diagnosis and treatment of sick animals. The vendor is to provide renewal full service coverage and provide a preventive maintenance (PM) visit per year to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and compliance of the mass spectrometer system through routine preventive maintenance, calibration, and repair services. The VITEK MS is required to ensure compliance with federal animal welfare statutes, including the Animal Welfare Act, PHS Policy, and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Its implementation supports timely and accurate disease diagnosis, enhances veterinary care, mitigates zoonotic risk, and ensures adherence to AAALAC accreditation standards and federal quality assurance requirements. The current equipment VITEK MS uniquely interfaces with the existing VITEK II platform, allowing seamless integration of organism identification with antimicrobial susceptibility testing and confirmatory analysis. This interoperability is critical to minimizing identification errors, ensuring data integrity, and maintaining continuity within established laboratory workflows. No other vendor systems provide this level of compatibility with existing instrumentation. Failure to maintain the mass spectrometer under a qualified preventive maintenance program introduces significant…

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