Required Equipment.docx

This is a Required Equipment specification document for the procurement of a Tecan Fluent 780 Robotic Liquid Handler. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the National Institutes of Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, is seeking to acquire this analytical laboratory instrument to support research on foldswitching proteins and their roles in autoimmune disease, cancer, and viral pathogenesis, including SARS-CoV-2.

The solicitation (75N98026Q00955) is issued as a Small Business Sources Sought Notice, which is a pre-solicitation inquiry rather than a formal request for proposals. The Government is gathering market research to identify the availability and capability of qualified small business sources, including HUBZone small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 8(a) small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, woman-owned small businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses. Responses to this notice are for information purposes only and do not constitute proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice, and the Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by respondents. The classification code is 6640, with NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). Organizations that are not considered small businesses under the applicable NAICS code should not respond to this notice.