1-year PM service contract for Agilent HPLC

The National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, is seeking a firm-fixed-price contract for a one-year preventive maintenance and service agreement for an Agilent Liquid Chromatography Single Quadrupole High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) System equipped with a Diode Array Detector and Mass Spectrometer. The service must be performed onsite at the Formulation Laboratory, Therapeutics Development Branch, in Bethesda, Maryland, and includes preventive maintenance visits, diagnosis and repair of equipment malfunctions, replacement of defective components using genuine OEM parts, dispatch of qualified service engineers, shipment of replacement parts, technical support, and comprehensive documentation of all work performed. All service personnel must be authorized field service engineers with documented experience specifically servicing Agilent HPLC systems featuring DAD and MS technology, and the contractor must provide all necessary personnel, tools, materials, and facilities to fulfill the scope. The contract period runs from July 27, 2026, through July 26, 2027, and begins upon the vendor’s acceptance of the purchase order. Delivery terms are FOB destination, and all invoices must be submitted through the Invoicing Processing Platform (IPP), clearly stating that payment is to be processed via a three-way match against the purchase order and receiving documentation. This solicitation, numbered 75N98026Q00708, was issued on June 26, 2026, under FAR Subpart 12.6 as a streamlined commercial item acquisition, with full and open competition and no small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 811210 with a $34 million size standard, and the acquisition falls below the simplified acquisition threshold. Offerors must be actively registered in SAM, provide their Unique Entity Identifier and Taxpayer Identification Number, and submit a completed FAR 52.212-3 form. Proposals must include unit and total pricing, shipping and handling costs, delivery timeframe, FOB terms, product catalog numbers, and a detailed service description, all submitted electronically to Jaddua.Johnston@nih.gov by July 13, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. EST. Evaluation will be based on price, technical capability, past performance, warranty, lifecycle cost, maintenance availability, and environmental or energy efficiency, with award going to the offeror providing the best value to the government. The contract incorporates applicable FAR