SSN 75F40126SSN134158.pdf

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, A MARKET SURVEY FOR

WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED

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IF ANY, THAT MAY ARISE FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, INFORMATION

REGARDING THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT WILL NOT BE GIVEN AND

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services (OAGS) issues this Sources Sought Notice (SSN) on behalf of Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), Laboratory of Hepatitis Viruses (LHV) in order to determine if there are existing small business sources capable of providing parts and accessories for Eppendorf EpMotion 5075 automated liquid handler upgrade to perform next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation functions, enhancing laboratory throughput, improving precision and accuracy in liquid transfers, and reducing manual pipetting errors in support of FDA laboratory operations. The laboratory has identified specific accessories that will meet their needs: those produced/provided by Eppendorf. Accordingly, this requirement is for the Eppendorf epMotion accessories which meet or exceed the requirements listed below.

If your firm is considered a small business source under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 335416 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees, and you believe that your firm would be able to provide the FDA with the accessories described below, please submit an email to suzanne.martella@fda.hhs.gov.

Other than small business concerns, especially vendors who may be able to offer domestically-manufactured equivalent and compatable products, are also encouraged to submit a capability statement that provides company information, as well as information demonstrating that it can meet all of the minimum specifications included below—to include the country of manufacture of products offered.

Minimum Requirements/Specifications for the epMotion accessories:

1. Products must be new, not refurbished or used for demonstration

2. Hardware accessories shall be compatible with the epMotion 5075

3. All plasticware accessories shall be compatible with the requested epMotion 5075 components, PCR clean, DNase/RNase-free:

a. Tips must be sterile, pre-racked in 96-well (8 X 12) format,

b. Biohazard waste bags must be autoclavable, PP material, 50 μm thick and transparent, mailto:suzanne.martella@fda.hhs.gov

c. 10 mL and 30 mL reservoirs must be compatible with the reservoir rack on epMotion 5075.

Required items, or equivalent, and required quantities of each:

# Item Qty 1 TS 300 single-channel dispensing tool, 1-channel, 20 – 300 μL, Product #:

960001028 or equivalent 1 2 TM 300-8 eight-channel dispensing tool, 8-channel, 20 – 300 μL, Product#:

960001052 or equivalent 4 3 epMotion reservoir 10 mL, small-volume container for reagent presentation on the epMotion, can only be inserted with the Reservoir Rack; production batch testing, certified, 10 mL, PCR clean, 10 × 5 reservoirs in the bag, polypropylene (PP). Product #: 0030126521 or equivalent

4 epMotion reservoir 30 mL, large-volume container for reagent presentation on the epMotion, can only be inserted with the Reservoir Rack; production batch testing, certified, 30 mL, PCR clean, 10 × 5 reservoirs in the bag, polypropylene (PP). Product #: 960051009 or equivalent 1

5 Rack for 24 tubes, for 24 Safe-Lock tubes, no tempering, 1.5/2.0 mL. Product #:

5075751275 or equivalent 1

6 ReservoirRack, for presenting 10 mL, 30 mL and 100 mL reagent reservoirs. Up to 7 reservoirs or Reservoir Rack modules can be presented. Product #:

960002148 or equivalent 4

7 Eppendorf Magnum FLX Magnet Adapter, universal ring magnet plate for rapid magnetic bead separation. Supports most 96-well plates (standard, PCR, deepwell). Product #: 5075751836 or equivalent 1

8 Thermoblock PCR 96 OC, for temperature control and safe piercing of sealed, semi-skirted PCR plates with orientation control. Product #: 5075751666 or equivalent 4

9 Liquid Waste Tub 400 mL, including lid, autoclavable, max. filling volume 400 mL, to mount in waste bag holder and waste container.

Compatible with epMotion with SN < 10000. Product #: 5075751720 or equivalent 4

10 Waste bag holder, for epMotion 5070/5073/5075 waste position.Compatible with epMotion with SN < 10000. Product #: 5075753103 or equivalent 4

11 o-rings for tip tool. Product #: 5285601000 or equivalent 4 12 Waste bags biohazard, for waste bag holder of epMotion 5070/5073/5075 with

SN < 10000 and epMotion 5073 with SN >10000. Up to 7 L capacity, ideal for disposing biohazardous waste, autoclavable, PP material, thickness 50 μm, transparent, 50 bags. Product #:

5075751763 or equivalent 1

13 epT.I.P.S. Motion as Reload System, with filter, PCR clean, 0.5 – 50 μL, ACT, 2,304 tips (24 trays × 96 tips). Product #: 0030014430 or equivalent 1

14 epT.I.P.S.® Motion as Reload System, with filter, PCR clean, 5 – 300 μL, ACT, 2,304 tips (24 trays × 96 tips). Product #: 0030014472 or equivalent 1

15 Eppendorf twin.tec PCR Plate 96 LoBind, semi-skirted, 250 μL, PCR clean, 3 colorless, 25 plates. Product #: 0030129504 or equivalent 16 epT.I.P.S. Motion Pipette Tips, with filter, PCR clean and sterile, 300 μL, 960 tips

(10 racks × 96 tips). Product #: 0030015231 or equivalent 5 17 epT.I.P.S. Motion Pipette Tips, with filter, PCR clean, 50 μL, 960 tips (10 racks ×

96 tips). Product #: 0030014413 or equivalent 5 18 Thermoadapter for PCR, for temperature control of PCR plates, 96 wells, skirted.

Product #: 960002199 or equivalent 3

Delivery Terms: Delivery is expected within 30 days of contract award at the address below:

US FDA/CBER

10903 New Hampshire Ave.

Bldg 52/72, Room 1210 Silver Spring MD 20993

POC: will be appointed and contact information will be given upon contract award.

Responses to this Sources Sought shall unequivocally demonstrate that the respondent is regularly engaged in the sale of same or substantially similar products. Though the target audience is small business vendors or small businesses capable of supplying a U.S. product/service of a small business vendor or producer, all interested parties may respond. At a minimum, responses shall include the following:

• Business name and bio, Unique Entity ID (SAM) number, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address. Provide this same information again if responding to provide a product offered by another firm.

• Past Performance (within the last 3 years) information for the sale of same or substantially similar product to include date of sale, description of services provided, contract dollar value, client name, client address, client contact name, client point of contact mailing address (if different from that provided for client), client point of contact phone number, client point of contact email address, and name of the manufacturer (to include Unique Entity ID (SAM) number and size status) if not the respondent.

• Descriptive literature, brochures, marketing material, etc. detailing the nature of what the responding firm is regularly engaged in manufacturing or selling.

• The offeror shall furnish sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the offered products/services meet the technical requirements identified above.

• If applicable, identification of the firm’s GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested.

• If applicable, identification of Best in Class (BIC) contract information or other Government-wide or HHS-wide contracts that the equipment/service is available on.

• If a large business, provide whether subcontracting opportunities exist for small business concerns.

• Standard commercial warranty and payment terms.

• Provide place of manufacture or any other applicable information to enable review and analysis pertaining to the Buy American statute and requirements relating to Made in America in the event a nonavailability waiver request through the MIAO Digital Waiver Portal is needed.

• Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing for the products would be helpful for market research purposes.

The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information not identified in the response.

Interested Contractors must respond with capability statements which are to be submitted by email only to the point of contact listed below on or before 2:00 pm (Central Time in Jefferson AR) on May 18, 2026 to Suzanne Martella, email suzanne.martella@fda.hhs.gov. Reference:

75F40126SSN134158.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work.

Responses with weblinks will not be opened or viewed.

Responses must demonstrate capability, not merely affirm the respondent’s capability (i.e. the response must go beyond the statement that, “XYZ company can provide the instrument, technical support etc.”).

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

After a review of the responses received, a pre‐solicitation synopsis or combined synopsis/ solicitation may be published in SAM.gov – Contracting Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality and Proprietary Information

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response.

mailto:suzanne.martella@fda.hhs.gov

The Government reserves the right to use any non‐proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

Additional Notes:

If the stated requirements appear restrictive, please submit comments detailing the concern. Failure to provide information indicating that the listed specifications are too restrictive will be interpreted as confirmation that the specifications are adequate for a competitive environment.