Purchase Order 75N91021P00815

This firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute to Cytek Biosciences, Inc. for $571,500. The contract calls for Cytek Biosciences to deliver one Cytek Aurora Cell Sorter 5L spectral cell sorter to the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research Flow Cytometry Facility in Fremont, California. The original solicitation sought proposals for a brand name or equal cell sorter utilizing spectral analysis with 10-30nm channel binning and APD arrays, supporting four stream collection while sorting into plates and tubes, and including a minimum of five lasers including ultraviolet and green-yellow lasers. This requirement was set aside solely for small businesses as defined by NAICS code 334516 for Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The contract period of performance spans from September 17, 2021 through completion of installation by November 16, 2021.