Annual Maintenance and Support for Thermo Fisher Watson Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

The FDA's Office of Acquisition and Grant Services seeks annual maintenance and support for Thermo Fisher Watson Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) licenses, with quotes due June 12 by 1:00 PM EST and questions due June 4 by 1:00 PM EST. No set-aside applies; competition is full and open.

Place of performance is Silver Spring, Maryland. The FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of Applied Regulatory Science, requires support for nine existing Watson LIMS licenses used by bioanalytical scientists for mission-critical research including pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling, bioequivalence studies, drug metabolism, and in-vivo/in-vitro correlations. The contract is firm fixed price with a base year running September 28, 2026 through September 27, 2027 plus four optional one-year periods. Products required include three IM Five Instrument Instance licenses, nine Watson Registered User licenses, one IM Base License, one Watson LIMS Immune Response Module Instance License, and one Watson Validation Toolkit, with identical quantities repeating in each option year.

Award will be made on a lowest price technically acceptable basis to a responsible, authorized reseller or servicing agent. Quoters must provide complete pricing inclusive of shipping and taxes and certify quotes valid for 60 days. Payment terms are net 30 days following government acceptance, with invoices submitted electronically through the Invoice Processing Platform. The NAICS code is 541519, Other Computer Related Services; the PSC code is 7B22, IT and Telecom—Compute: Servers (Hardware and Perpetual License Software). Quotations must be submitted by email to Tiffany Gates at tiffany.gates@fda.hhs.gov.