The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Ion Technology Support, Inc., a veteran-owned small business, for maintenance and repair of AB Sciex equipment with a ceiling value of $455,000 and an award date of September 29, 2026. This is a total small business set-aside.
Work is performed at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland campus and Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. The contractor provides on-site technician response within 48 hours for service calls during business hours (Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, excluding federal holidays) and conducts two preventive maintenance visits annually for mass spectrometers and one annually for liquid chromatographs. Contractor personnel must have a minimum of two years of experience with AB Sciex instruments and comply with NIST security protocols.
The contract runs on a firm-fixed-price basis from September 29, 2026 through September 28, 2027, with four one-year option periods extending through September 28, 2031. The originating solicitation was posted August 21, 2026 with a due date of August 31, 2026.