Fisher Scientific Pipets

The Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service seeks to establish a firm fixed price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for Thermo Fisher Scientific brand disposable serological pipets (25 mL and 50 mL), with proposals due June 12, 2026 and questions due June 4. This procurement is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) with a 1,000-employee size standard.

Place of performance includes three FSIS laboratory locations: Athens, Georgia; Albany, California; and Normandy, Missouri. The solicitation is item-peculiar-to-one-manufacturer under FAR 16.507-7, limiting competition to Fisher Scientific products. The contract covers four specific Thermo Fisher part numbers: 13-678-11 (25 mL individually wrapped), 13-678-11F (50 mL individually wrapped), 13-678-14B (25 mL bulk packed), and 13-678-14C (50 mL bulk packed).

Technical specifications require sterile, polystyrene, disposable pipets with ±2% tolerance at full volume, graduations no greater than 0.5 mL, and certification as RNase and DNase free, non-cytotoxic, and non-pyrogenic. Annual quantities range from 17,000 to 50,000 units for 25 mL individually wrapped, 7,000 to 40,000 for 50 mL individually wrapped, 7,000 to 40,000 for 25 mL bulk packed, and 15,000 to 50,000 for 50 mL bulk packed. The contract spans one base year (June 17, 2026 to June 16, 2027) and four optional one-year extensions. Delivery must occur within 30 calendar days of order receipt. Award goes to the lowest price technically acceptable offeror; pricing must remain firm for 90 calendar days from the proposal due date. The solicitation requires quotations on all four line items for responsiveness and mandates new, unrefurbished products from the original equipment manufacturer or OEM-approved sources; alternate or substitute products will be deemed technically unacceptable.