Preventive Maintenance and Repair Services on a BD LSRFortessa X-20 SORP Flow Cytometer System, including High Throughput Sampler

The FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is soliciting post-warranty preventive maintenance and repair services for a BD LSRFortessa X-20 SORP Flow Cytometer System, including High Throughput Sampler, under solicitation number 75F40126Q132536. The contractor must provide two scheduled on-site preventive maintenance visits annually with unlimited on-site corrective maintenance and repairs within two business days of service requests, with all work performed by OEM-certified service engineers using OEM-certified parts. Technical capability, past performance on the same or substantially similar equipment within the last three years, and price constitute the evaluation criteria, with non-price factors considered relatively equal in importance and collectively more important than price. All service pricing must be inclusive of labor, travel, parts, and components, and unlimited technical support must be available Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time, excluding Federal Holidays. Proposals are due by April 3, 2026 by 1:00 P.M. Central Time, submitted via email to warren.dutter@fda.hhs.gov.

This is a non-set-aside commercial solicitation issued as a Request for Quote for a firm fixed-price contract covering one base year (April 28, 2026 through April 27, 2027) and two option years. The specific equipment subject to maintenance comprises two flow cytometer systems with serial numbers H656385001 and U64770161125, located at the FDA/CBER White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. No incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation, and no specific budget range is disclosed. The NAICS code is 811210 with a small business size standard of $34 million, and the PSC category is J066 for maintenance, repair, and rebuilding of instruments and laboratory equipment. Upon award, the contractor must comply with the Service Contract Act and submit Section 508 accessibility conformance documentation, with payment to be processed net 30 days after government acceptance through the Treasury Invoice Processing Platform.