Purchase Order 36C24E26P0002
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- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Central Arkansas Veterans Medical Center awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $38,258.40 to Life Technologies Corporation, doing business as Thermo Fisher Scientific, for Ion Chef service. This award was made on a sole-source basis under FAR 6.302-1 and is a continuation of an existing service agreement. Life Technologies is a manufacturer of scientific instruments, reagents, and consumables that provides a wide range of products...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 (VISN 16) of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. The contract, valued at $93,794.12, is for preventive maintenance services on the government-owned Ion S5 Plus genetic sequencer. The contract has no set-aside designation and runs through August 5, 2030. Life Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific, for preventative maintenance and repair of Research Quantstudio equipment. The contract, valued at $63,295.03, has a performance period running through June 15, 2027. The award was made without a set-aside designation, reflecting the specialized and proprietary nature of the equipment. Life Technologies Corporation was selected...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation for $149,011.19 to provide annual maintenance for Thermo-Fisher Ion Sequencer equipment located at the VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. from February 1, 2020 through January 31, 2025. The original solicitation sought planned and unplanned maintenance, including parts, labor, travel and remote diagnostic services,...
- This is a federal contract award from the Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 (VISN 17), a component of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The award, valued at $206,675.23, is for the provision of medical instruments. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order. Life Technologies Corporation will deliver a range of scientific instruments, reagents, and...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded a $117,167.91 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific, to provide two QuantStudio 6 Pro Real-Time PCR systems and accessories. This sole-source award was made pursuant to FAR 6.302-1 as Life Technologies is the only vendor able to upgrade the VA's existing PCR systems. The equipment is critical to the VA's research program, and no other vendor can provide the necessary...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order award to Life Technologies Corporation, doing business as Thermo Fisher Scientific, for annual maintenance of Thermo-Fisher ion sequencer equipment. The $220,897.20 contract has a period of performance through January 31, 2029 and was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Veterans Integrated Service Network 5. The contract does not utilize a set-aside designation. Life Technologies has extensive experience providing genetic analysis...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 awarded a $14,055.73 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Life Technologies Corporation for preventative maintenance and repair services for Thermo Fisher Scientific genetic analyzers. As the parent company of Life Technologies Corporation, Thermo Electron Corporation Financial Services Division will also support contract performance. The one-year contract runs from September 2024...
- This is a sole source, firm fixed price contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 to Life Technologies Corporation, a manufacturer of scientific instruments, reagents, and consumables. The contract is for the procurement of a Genexus Ion Torrent Lab System and Genexus purification system, which are critical for surgical services at the VA Medical Center. The total potential value of the contract is...
- This $13,533.36 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded to Life Technologies Corporation, doing business as Thermo Fisher Scientific, for the maintenance of ViiA7 and PCR machine equipment. The contract was awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 and does not have a set-aside designation. Life Technologies is a manufacturer of scientific instruments, reagents, and consumables that provides products and services to support various federal agencies,...
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 16, awarded a $42,840.70 firm fixed-price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation (doing business as Thermo Fisher Scientific) on November 18, 2025, for Ion Chef Service Agreement AB Assurance maintenance services. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, supports the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and will remain in effect through November 17, 2030. This award represents a sole-source procurement action under FAR 6.103-1, as the government determined that Life Technologies Corporation possesses exclusive expertise, proprietary knowledge, and access to replacement parts necessary to maintain the Ion Chef instrument, a specialized genetic analysis platform used in the healthcare system's research and diagnostic operations. The contract derives from a pre-solicitation notice issued by the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Research and Development Regional Procurement Office East, which formally notified interested parties of the government's intent to award directly to Life Technologies Corporation. The award is associated with a larger single-award Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 indefinite delivery vehicle valued at $83,181.13 that provides service and maintenance for genetic analysis equipment across the VA system. Life Technologies Corporation regularly supports federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with specialized scientific instruments, reagents, and technical maintenance services through competitive and sole-source arrangements.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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J066--Pre-Solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source AB Assurance Maintenance Service for Life Technologies Ion Chef | 36C24E26Q0006 | Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 | Special Notice 1/1 | 11/15/25, 3:34 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $8.1k | 11/18/25 |