VIDAS Kube

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), through its Office of Acquisition and Grant Services under the Department of Health and Human Services, is soliciting offers for the procurement of a single VIDAS Kube Automated Immunoassay System to support research, method development, and validation activities within the Division of Food and Environmental Safety’s Microbial Methods Development Branch. The system must be new, not refurbished, and delivered FOB Destination to the FDA’s facility at 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, Maryland, with installation and training completed within 30 days of delivery. The contract will be awarded on a Lowest-Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis, meaning technical acceptability is a mandatory pass/fail threshold and only among technically acceptable offers will price determine award. Technical acceptability requires strict compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 for electronic records and signatures, AOAC and FDA BAM methods for analytical performance, and Section 508 accessibility standards for all information and communication technology components, including submission of a VPAT-based Accessibility Conformance Report. The system must include a one-year warranty beginning at government acceptance and be supported by on-site technical assistance within 48 hours and remote support during business hours. All offerors must be registered with an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in SAM.gov and must submit proposals via email only to Roosevelt Walker at [email hidden] by 1:00 PM EST on August 17, 2026. Proposals must include complete Buy American Act certification, be free of executable or macro-containing files, and comply with HHSAR 352.239-79 for ICT accessibility and FAR 52.203-17 and -19 regarding whistleblower rights and prohibitions on internal confidentiality agreements. Invoicing must be conducted exclusively through the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), with no exceptions without written authorization. The contract prohibits contracting with inverted domestic corporations, mandates compliance with anti-trafficking and equal opportunity requirements, and imposes security prohibitions on contractor personnel and systems. There is no small business set-aside, and socioeconomic preferences do not apply. Pricing information is not provided in the solicitation and must be submitted by offerors, with prices required to remain firm through September 30, 2026. No MIL-STD packaging or marking standards are specified, but labeling must disclose the country of origin and meet Section