KUKURUGA: FACSAria III Fusion Cell sorter maintenance

The contract pertains to maintenance services for a BD FACSAria III Fusion cell sorter located at the CBER Flow Cytometry Core, under the Food and Drug Administration. This agreement ensures ongoing operational support, calibration, repairs, and preventive maintenance critical to the precision and reliability of the cell sorting instrument used in advanced biomedical research. The service is targeted at sustaining the functionality of a high-demand, technologically complex device essential to the core’s experimental workflows, with maintenance activities expected to minimize downtime and preserve data integrity. The opportunity is forecasted for a future procurement under NAICS code 811219, which covers other commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance. The posting date indicates this is a preliminary notice with no solicitation number yet assigned, and the contracting officer position remains unspecified. All inquiries and communications should be directed to the CBER Acquisition Liaison at cberacquisitions@fda.hhs.gov. The place of performance and exact location details are not provided, but the service is clearly intended for the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research facility. No set-aside preferences or small business designations are indicated, suggesting the contract may be open to all eligible vendors.