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Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Illumina
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The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center intends to award a sole-source fixed-price purchase order to Illumina, Inc. for maintenance services on the Illumina NovaSeq X plus sequencer located at the Department of Laboratory Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. This action is based on the requirement that only the original manufacturer can provide authorized service for the instrument, making Illumina the sole reasonably available source. The acquisition is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures outlined in FAR Part 13, which permits non-competitive awards when the purchase does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and only one source is viable. The contract falls under Product Service Code 6515 and NAICS Code 339112, classifying it within medical instrument manufacturing and support services. Interested parties may submit comments or express interest by May 5, 2026, to the designated contract specialist at the NIH Clinical Center, though the government retains full discretion to proceed without competition regardless of feedback received.
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This acquisition is for a maintenance agreement for the Illumina NovaSeq X plus sequencer at the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC).
• Product Service Code: 6515 – Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
• NAICS Code: 339112 – Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
• Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
POTS: 26-005342
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This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Illumina, Inc., located at 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide maintenance for the Illumina NovaSeq X plus sequencer at the National Institutes of Health DLM.
The instrument is manufactured and serviced by the vendor. Continuation of maintenance is required by the original manufacturer (Illumina, Inc.) and it is therefore deemed to be in the Government’s best interest that this service is procured from them.
This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.
Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Kristin Nagashima, Contract Specialist via email to Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by May 5, 2026 at 11am EST.
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