This federal contract award, valued at $719,068.00, was issued by the Southeast Area of the civilian U.S. federal agency to Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. The contract is for the procurement of a PacBio RS II sequencing system and a standard service contract. It is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of March 30, 2016. Pacific Biosciences is the original equipment manufacturer for the specialized long-read sequencing technology utilized in this contract.
The company also holds two significant Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles with federal agencies. The first is a $13.5 million single-award IDIQ with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to provide their Sequel and Sequel II sequencing systems, consumables, and services through June 2026. The second is a $1 million single-award IDIQ with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for sequencing reagents, kits, and consumables through March 2025. These IDIQ contracts demonstrate the ongoing demand for Pacific Biosciences' unique sequencing technology across federal agricultural and biomedical research programs.