Purchase Order 75N94025P00153

This federal contract award is for maintenance services on a Sequel II long sequencer, a specialized DNA/RNA sequencing instrument manufactured by Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. The $18,196.67 firm-fixed price purchase order was awarded on March 11, 2025 by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a civilian agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.

Pacific Biosciences is the original equipment manufacturer for the Sequel II system and has established itself as a key supplier of long-read sequencing technology to various federal agencies. This award is not associated with a set-aside program. Pacific Biosciences holds two significant Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts - a $13.5 million IDIQ with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and a $1 million IDIQ with the FDA - demonstrating the ongoing demand for their specialized sequencing platforms and consumables across federal agricultural, biomedical, and regulatory research initiatives.