Flow Cytometer Autosampler

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION 1333ND20QNB640479 Flow Cytometer Autosampler This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6- Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued under the authority of FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-07, effective 07/02/2020. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 - Laboratory analytical instruments manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. This acquisition will be competed as a Total Small Business Set-aside. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Biosystems and Biomaterials Division (BBD) is focused on developing methods that will assure reliability and confidence in the measurements that underpin research and applications in genomic measurements, biomaterials, protein therapeutics and cell therapies, cancer diagnostics, nanoparticle safety, and microbial identification and quantifi­cation. BBD carries out this work through fundamental research in measurement science and the development of reference materials, reference data, and protocols. To further the mission, the division requires an autosampler that is compatible with an Attune NxT flow cytometer. When installed, it will be integrated with the flow cytometer, that samples flow through a port into the cytometer. Additionally, so the Attune control software can operate both the flow cytometer and the autosampler.