This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration to Biomerieux Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of diagnostic products and equipment. The $446,122.62 contract is for the maintenance and servicing of the agency's VITEK MS & 2XL microbiology testing systems over a multi-year period ending February 28, 2023. Biomerieux is a leading provider of in vitro diagnostic solutions, including microbiology analyzers, reagents, and assays, to government agencies like the VA, Department of Defense, and Department of Agriculture to support infectious disease testing and food safety programs. This contract is part of Biomerieux's existing portfolio of active indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements with federal customers to furnish critical clinical diagnostics capabilities on an ongoing basis.