Blanket Purchase Agreement 19GE5020A0003

The Department of the Army Medical Command and Defense Intelligence Agency awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Eppendorf (Thailand) Company Limited to provide maintenance services for laboratory equipment located at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) in Bangkok, Thailand. The prime contractor was issued multiple firm fixed price task orders under the agreement from 2020 through 2024 valued at approximately $48,000 to maintain thermal cyclers and other specialized devices. Services include semi-annual maintenance, repair, and temperature verification to ensure proper functioning of technologies that support AFRIMS's biomedical research and development efforts in infectious diseases. The orders were placed on an annual or multi-year basis and included provisions for maintenance of a Mastercycler Nexus GX2 and three thermal cyclers at the research institute. No set-aside designations were applied to the awards made pursuant to the agreement.

The blanket purchase agreement and associated task orders aim to procure maintenance services from the prime contractor to support the ongoing laboratory and medical research operations of AFRIMS, a Defense Intelligence Agency field activity. The services contracted for appear intended to maintain specialized laboratory equipment used in AFRIMS's work studying infectious diseases that impact both military and local populations in Thailand and the greater region.