Illumina Sequencing Equipment Accessories

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through the Engineer Research and Development Center – Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, is soliciting brand-name-only Illumina sequencing reagent kits exclusively for use with the NextSeq 2000 sequencing system under solicitation W9132T26QA011. This acquisition is a total small business set-aside under FAR 19.5, restricted to vendors certified as small businesses with a NAICS code of 334516, and requires procurement of three specific commercial items: ten units of the NextSeq 2000 P4 XLEAP-SBS Reagent Kit (300 cycles), two units of the NextSeq 1000/2000 P2 XLEAP-SBS Reagent Kit (600 cycles), and five units of Illumina PhiX Control v3, all delivered no later than 30 days after contract award. The contract is firm fixed price, and only original manufacturer products are acceptable with no substitutions permitted, justified under FAR 12.102(a) due to proprietary system compatibility. All potential vendors must be currently registered in SAM.gov with no active exclusions and must comply with FAR 52.204-7 for registration, as well as several other FAR and DFARS clauses addressing supplier integrity, supply chain security, trafficking in persons, and procurement restrictions related to the Maduro regime and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Proposals must be submitted electronically via email to CERL-CT-QUOTES@usace.army.mil with the exact subject line “Illumina Sequencing System Accessories” by the deadline of July 9, 2026, at 12:00 PM local time. Offerors are required to provide full pricing and detailed product descriptions sufficient for compliance evaluation, and award is expected in mid to late July 2026 based on a trade-off approach considering technical acceptability, past performance, and price without applying a lowest price technically acceptable methodology. Delivery is FOB destination to the government facility at 2902 Farber Drive, Champaign, IL, with acceptance performed by the government at that location. Invoicing must be submitted exclusively through WAWF to the designated address and email, and vendors must be prepared to meet all Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement requirements, including those related to electronic payments, whistleblower rights, and prohibited supplier sources. No Contract