The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Pacific West Area awarded a $206,791.79 firm fixed price purchase order to Thermo Electron North America LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for a 5-year service plan for a Thermo Fisher Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 240 high-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometer. The contract, which runs from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2029, was awarded on a sole-source basis under simplified acquisition procedures, as the Orbitrap technology is proprietary to Thermo Electron. Thermo Electron North America is a division of Thermo Electron Corporation Financial Services and has a history of providing analytical instruments and services to various federal agencies, including the USDA, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and others to support research, testing, and monitoring activities.
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