Purchase Order 75N94025P00094

This is a sole-source purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to Formulatrix, LLC for a maintenance agreement covering specialized imaging system equipment. The equipment includes two Formulatrix Rockimager instruments for storing and imaging protein crystallization plates, as well as a Formulatrix Formulator instrument for making crystallization buffers. This $196,394.69 firm-fixed-price contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. Formulatrix, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, has been the incumbent contractor providing this maintenance service for the past 8 years. The agency determined there are no alternative vendors capable of servicing this proprietary equipment at the required quality and performance level. This contract has no set-aside designation.