This contract modification exercises Option Year 4 for the period of June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027, under a maintenance agreement for FACS Aria Fusion Sorter equipment at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) facility in Westlake, Maryland. Becton, Dickinson and Company, through its BD Biosciences division, was awarded this firm fixed-price purchase order with a ceiling value of $201,420 to provide ongoing preventive maintenance, repairs, and technical support services for the flow cytometry instrument. The contract was awarded without a small business set-aside, reflecting BD's established position as a qualified federal contractor for specialized biomedical research equipment.
The NHLBI, a component of the National Institutes of Health, relies on flow cytometry systems as critical infrastructure for cardiovascular, pulmonary, and blood disease research. BD Biosciences has an extensive history supplying and maintaining flow cytometry platforms across NIH institutes and centers, including multiple Indefinite Delivery Vehicles and purchase order agreements. This maintenance contract ensures continued operational capability of the FACSAria Fusion Sorter, an advanced cell sorting instrument essential to the institute's research mission, through the provision of scheduled preventive maintenance, emergency repair services, and technical expertise necessary to support the government's biomedical research operations.
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