The Office of Administrative Services Procurement Management Branch awarded a $63,138.52 purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation (doing business as Thermo Fisher Scientific) on July 31, 2024, for the equipment purchase of Kingfisher Flex equipment. This firm fixed-price contract, with an ultimate completion date of October 30, 2024, represents an open competitive procurement with no set-aside designation. Life Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, is a leading manufacturer of scientific instruments and reagents serving federal agencies across research, medical, forensic, and environmental sectors. The Kingfisher Flex platform is part of the company's nucleic acid extraction systems portfolio and supports laboratory automation capabilities essential to federal research and diagnostic operations.
Performance of this contract is taking place in Carlsbad, California, aligning with Life Technologies' primary operations center. The award reflects the company's established competitive positioning across federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Defense, and numerous other government departments. Life Technologies maintains an extensive federal contracting footprint encompassing equipment procurement, consumables, reagents, and service and maintenance contracts valued from under $5,000 to over $26 million, demonstrating its role as a cornerstone supplier of advanced biotechnology infrastructure to the federal government.
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