Illumina nextseq 1000 silver support plan

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Office of Acquisitions and Grants has published a Special Notice of Intent to award a single-source purchase order to Illumina, Inc for a Illumina NextSeq 1000 Silver Support Plan maintenance contract. This notice is being issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and FAR Parts 12 and 13, which govern the acquisition of commercial items through simplified acquisition procedures. The USGS has determined that Illumina, Inc is the sole source capable of providing maintenance and repair services for Illumina products in the United States. The notice is classified under NAICS code 811211 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and was posted on February 5, 2026. This notice satisfies the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.101(a)(1) and FAR 5.2 regarding single-source acquisition transparency.

The purpose of this acquisition is to secure one-year maintenance and support services for an Illumina NextSeq 1000 Sequencing System operated by the USGS Alaska Science Center's Molecular Ecology Lab in Anchorage, Alaska, with contract performance running from April 7, 2026 through April 6, 2027. The support plan includes comprehensive coverage of parts, labor, travel expenses, reagent replacement upon hardware failures, remote technical support 18 hours daily for five days per week, and a two business-day on-site response target. The deadline for submission of quotations is February 11, 2026 at 1700 PST, and all responses must be submitted electronically to yangzhideng@usgs.gov; hardcopy or web portal submissions will not be accepted. Although this is a notice of intent rather than a competitive solicitation, all responsible parties may submit quotations for consideration, with the determination to compete based on responses received remaining at the sole discretion of the Government. The acquisition is not subject to any small business set-aside restrictions, and prior market research via a Sources Sought notice on SAM.gov yielded no alternative vendor responses.