Title of Project: Preventative Maintenance and Support for Sony ID7000 Cell Analyzer

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), an office within the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, is seeking preventative maintenance and support services for a Sony ID7000 Cell Analyzer to support biomedical research at its Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratory. The procurement will measure cardiometabolic and inflammation biomarkers (IL6, insulin, IGF1, and TNFRII) in samples from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging to investigate biomarker trajectories across different populations. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be awarded as a single firm fixed-price purchase order under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis, with evaluation criteria including technical capability and functionality, contract management and customer support capabilities, and past performance with a minimum of one year of relevant experience and at least one reference from projects completed within the past three years. Interested offerors must submit their responses electronically to Contract Specialist Gregory Noland at gregory.noland@nih.gov by April 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EST, with required documentation including a technical quote in searchable PDF format, a price quote in Excel format, System for Award Management (SAM) registration verification, and their Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number.

This solicitation carries no set-aside designation and is open to all responsible offerors meeting the technical and administrative requirements. No specific incumbent contractor or award value has been identified in the solicitation materials. The performance period for the contract runs from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, covering a one-year term of maintenance and support services. The applicable NAICS code is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, and all offerors must maintain active SAM registration throughout the solicitation and contract performance periods. Performance of the work will take place in Baltimore, Maryland (ZIP 21224), where the Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratory is located.