Purchase Order HHSN275201700846P

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a civilian agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contract, valued at $7,807.98, was awarded on September 11, 2017 to Beckman Coulter, Inc., a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, for the provision of laboratory instruments, reagents, software, maintenance, calibration, testing services, and related equipment and consumables. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating Beckman Coulter's competitive standing in the open market. Beckman Coulter is an experienced federal contractor, holding numerous indefinite delivery contracts with agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Logistics Agency, and U.S. Coast Guard, to support their biomedical research, testing, and healthcare initiatives. As a global science and technology innovator, Danaher Corporation, through its subsidiaries, also provides a wide range of products and services to the U.S. federal government, including specialized filtration products, fluid handling components, precision machined parts, hydrological and meteorological monitoring equipment, and various laboratory and diagnostic instruments.