Preventive Maintenance epMotion Pipette System
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1168728
- Agency
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Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Place of performance
- Manhattan, Kansas 66502, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is preparing to solicit preventive maintenance services for EpMotion 5075 pipette instruments, with an anticipated solicitation release date of August 7, 2026, and an anticipated award date of August 17, 2026. This acquisition is intended as a sole-source award to Eppendorf North America Inc., the original equipment manufacturer, based on proprietary parts and software restrictions that render the instruments serviceable only by Eppendorf technicians.
Work is performed at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Fort Collins, Colorado. The EpMotion 5075 instruments support the North American Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank and National Animal Veterinary Vaccines and Countermeasures Bank within the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. These instruments are used for routine pipetting tasks in laboratory assays that assess stockpiled Vaccine Antigen Concentrates, ensuring high-quality FMD vaccines remain available for outbreak response.
The contracting office will use simplified acquisition procedures under FAR 12.201-1. The NAICS code is 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and the PSC code is J066 (Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment—Instruments and Laboratory Equipment). No set-aside applies.
Stephen Tees, USDA APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, is the point of contact (Stephen.Tees@usda.gov).
Notice text
Point of contact:
Stephen Tees
2150 Centre Avenue, Building B
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Stephen.Tees@usda.gov
Codes for services:
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
Product Service Code (PSC): J066 Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
Description:
This requirement is for preventative maintenance of EpMotion 5075 instruments at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in support of the North American Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank (NAFMDVB) and National Animal Veterinary Vaccines and Countermeasures Bank (NAVVCB) within the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL). The NAFMDVB and NAVVCB are responsible for testing Vaccine Antigen Concentrates (VAC) by various laboratory methods and animal studies as part of United States and North American agricultural defense against potential FMD outbreaks. The NAFMDVB and NAVVCB maintain EpMotion 5075 instruments that are used for routine pipetting tasks in several laboratory assays to assess stockpiled VACs, which ensures high quality FMD vaccines are available for use in an outbreak.
RFO FAR 12.201-1 Simplified procedures will be used for awarding the contract. The anticipated award date is August 17th, 2026.
The intended source for this acquisition is Eppendorf North America Inc., 175 Freshwater Blvd. Enfield, Connecticut 06082.
Eppendorf is the original manufacturer of the EpMotion 5075, the instrument covered under this service requirement. The company uses proprietary parts and software that are not made available to third-party service providers. As a result, no other vendors or technicians are authorized or technically capable of performing maintenance or repairs on this instrument, nor can they obtain the necessary parts to service or replace malfunctioning components.
Because of these restrictions, only Eppendorf can provide qualified technical support, authorized repairs, and genuine replacement parts for the EpMotion 5075. These instruments are highly technical, expensive, and crucial to the operational activities of NAFMDVB and NAVVCB. Improper maintenance or unauthorized repairs would risk equipment failure, work stoppages, and significant additional costs associated with restoring or replacing the instrument.
All responsible sources may submit a response which will be considered by the agency. Please email responses to Stephen Tees at Stephen.Tees@usda.gov no later than the response date of this notice. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored.
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