Purchase Order 36C25622P0766

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $71,249.52 to Life Technologies Corporation (operating as Thermo Fisher Scientific) for a QuantStudio 12K Flex Real-Time Quantitation System service maintenance agreement. The contract, awarded on April 29, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of April 17, 2027, provides preventative and remedial maintenance services for advanced laboratory instrumentation at the VA facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. This award includes no set-aside designation, reflecting open competitive procurement. The solicitation, posted as a special notice on March 22, 2022, with a due date of April 1, 2022, sought maintenance support for Life Technologies' real-time PCR quantitation equipment critical to the VA's biomedical and diagnostic testing operations.

Life Technologies Corporation is a leading supplier of scientific instruments and laboratory consumables to federal agencies, with an extensive portfolio of service maintenance contracts across the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other federal departments. The company maintains significant indefinite delivery vehicles with multiple federal agencies, including a $3.5 million blanket purchase agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and an $83,181.13 single-award indefinite delivery vehicle with the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 for genetic analyzer equipment maintenance. Through this purchase order and broader service agreements, Life Technologies delivers critical technical support ensuring continuity of laboratory operations essential to the VA's healthcare and research missions.