Purchase Order 123A9422P0037

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Administrative Services Procurement Management Branch awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Remel Inc. (doing business as Thermo Fisher Scientific Remel Products) on April 11, 2022, for the procurement of a Sensititre ARIS HIQ System for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST). The contract, valued at $113,608.15 with an ultimate completion date of May 11, 2022, represents a non-competitive procurement with no small business set-aside designation. The award to Remel Inc., a foreign-owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, reflects the company's established position as a critical supplier of advanced microbiology laboratory equipment and diagnostic solutions to federal agencies. Performance will occur in Athens, Georgia.

This purchase order supports federal antimicrobial susceptibility testing capabilities, consistent with Remel Inc.'s extensive work across multiple federal agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, and Department of Veterans Affairs. The Sensititre ARIS HIQ system and related products are instrumental in public health monitoring and research initiatives such as the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). The award appears to be issued under a larger Indefinite Delivery Vehicle with the Department of Agriculture's Office of Administrative Services, which maintains a $600,000 IDV for antimicrobial susceptibility testing products, enabling streamlined procurement of specialized laboratory consumables and instrumentation as federal agencies' needs arise.