Device Service Plan - Beltsville MD

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service seeks a Device Service Plan for a Vitros 4600 clinical chemistry analyzer, with quotations due June 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET. This is an unrestricted commercial acquisition using FAR Part 12 procedures, issued as RFQ 1232SA26Q0605.

Place of performance is the NEA Food Components and Health Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. The NAICS code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.

The contract covers one base year (June 22, 2026 to June 21, 2027) plus four optional one-year extension periods, for a maximum duration of five years. All service work is fixed-price, including parts and service overhead. The contractor must provide OEM-authorized repair technician(s) with documentation of authorization available upon written request from the Contracting Officer. Service requirements include periodic maintenance per equipment service manual, installation of health and safety-related modification kits, repair services to maintain FDA certification, and response to repair requests within five business days. Only new OEM parts and OEM-approved consumables are acceptable. All contractor personnel must be accompanied by a USDA escort while on-site, with continuous supervision required for any access to USDA network systems.

Quotations must include pricing for all line items (base and all four option periods) to be considered responsive. Evaluation uses lowest-price technically acceptable criteria, with technical acceptability receiving a binary acceptable or unacceptable rating based on sound compliance approach and requirement understanding. Past performance will be evaluated as acceptable, neutral, or unacceptable using CPARS ratings and SAM.gov data. Award goes to the lowest-priced quoter with acceptable or neutral past performance, provided price is fair and reasonable.