Cytation 9 and accessories

The Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services seeks quotations for a Cytation 9 imaging multimode reader and 16 accessories, with quotes due September 10 at 12:00 PM ET and questions due September 8 at 12:00 PM ET. This is an unrestricted, small business–ineligible acquisition issued as a Request for Quotation under FAR Part 12 for commercial items; no separate written solicitation will be issued.

Place of performance and delivery is the National Veterinary Services Laboratory at 1920 Dayton Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010-9602. The NVSL requires the equipment to generate results and analyses for regulatory assays, including fluorescence assays, plaque assays, and DNA/RNA/protein quantification.

All 17 line items (Cytation 9 reader, Gen5 software, multiple imaging objectives, filter cubes, LED cubes, and high-performance imaging controller) must be new, unused, genuine OEM products. Offerors may bid the brand name (Fisher Scientific Company LLC) or submit an acceptable equal with sufficient descriptive literature demonstrating compliance with all salient characteristics. Delivery is F.O.B. Destination within 60 days of award.

Evaluation is Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA), weighing price, technical acceptability, and past performance. Award will be a firm-fixed-price purchase order. The NAICS code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; the PSC is 6640, Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. Contracting Officer Julia Lackey (202-619-8577) handles inquiries. The solicitation incorporates standard FAR and USDA AGAR clauses, including Buy American requirements, anti-discrimination, DEI compliance, sustainable products provisions, and prohibitions on inverted domestic corporations.