oKtopure High Throughput DNA Extraction Robot Premier Service

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service seeks premier technical support and maintenance services for an oKtopure High Throughput DNA Extraction Robot through Request for Quotation (RFQ) #1232SA26Q0446. The required services include remote technical support with a two-hour response time during business hours (Monday through Friday, 7 am to 7 pm), on-site annual preventative maintenance, on-site repair coverage including travel and parts, software version updates, and unlimited operator training during scheduled service visits. Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offeror with acceptable or neutral past performance using the lowest price technically acceptable evaluation method. Offerors must address their technical approach, schedule feasibility, pricing for the base year and all four optional years, and past performance in their quotations. The deadline for submitting questions is Monday, April 13, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, directed to contracting officer Marian Dyson at Marian.Dyson@usda.gov, with quotations due by April 16, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET.

This is an unrestricted acquisition with no small business set-aside, allowing all responsible sources to compete regardless of size. The contract covers equipment serial number 09-00241 located at the Plains Area Winter Genetics Research Unit, 4303 Throckmorton Plant Science Center in Manhattan, Kansas 66506, with a base period running from May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027, followed by four optional one-year renewal periods extending through April 30, 2031, for a potential five-year duration. No current contractor or incumbent is identified in the solicitation materials. Quotations must be submitted to the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform, with delivery on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation applies the NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees and is classified as a rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System.