65--NOI - Oxford Nanopore PromethION Flow Cells and cD
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The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director intends to award a non-competitive firm-fixed-price purchase order to Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc. for PromethION flow cells and cDNA-PCR sequencing kits. These proprietary materials are essential for the National Institute on Aging's Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias to support long-read RNA sequencing projects on ROSMAP brain samples. Because Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc. is the sole manufacturer of the required hardware and kits, the acquisition is being conducted as a brand-name justification to ensure compatibility with existing sequencing infrastructure and consistency with previous genomic data. The current contract, valued at 252,560 dollars, is expected to end on October 10, 2026. While the current procurement is non-competitive, the opportunity is classified as a likely recompete with medium confidence. The solicitation is being handled under the streamlined process for commercial products and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.
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Current Contract: 75N98026P00734 Incumbent: OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES INC Contract Value: $252,560 Potential End Date: 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z Competition: NOT COMPETED UNDER SAP Pricing: FIRM FIXED PRICE Classification: recompete-likely (Confidence: medium - 65/100)
(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
(ii) The solicitation number is 75N98026Q00477. This solicitation is issued as a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a non-competitive combined synopsis/solicitation to award a contract or purchase order without providing for full and open competition (brand-name).
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 12.603, Streamlined Solicitation for Commercial Products or Commercial Services, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Additional authority includes 41 U.S.C. 1901 and FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, intends to negotiate and award a Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a non-competitive basis to Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc., One Kendall Square, Building 1400, Suite 14-305, Cambridge, MA 02139 for PromethION flow cells and cDNA-PCR sequencing kits required to support the National Institute on Aging's Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (CARD) long-read RNA sequencing project on ROSMAP brain samples. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc. is the sole manufacturer of the proprietary flow cells (FLO-PRO114M) and cDNA-PCR Sequencing Kit V14 (SQK-LSK114-XL) required to operate CARD's existing PromethION 48 sequencing infrastructure and to enable direct matched comparison with previously generated long-read whole-genome sequencing data on the same ROSMAP samples.
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