IMAGESTREAM MKII SILVER ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

2026-11-03

This is a Notice of Intent ( NOI ). This notice is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation ( FAR ) 5 . 101 ( a )( 1 ) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions . This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source , firm - fixed price purchase order under the authority of 41 U . S . C . 253 ( c )( 1 ), as implemented by FAR 13 . 106 - 1 ( b ) and 13 . 501 ( a )- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Service Will Satisfy Agency Requirements and is not a request for quotes . The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) of the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Cytek Biosciences Inc . Only one ( 1 ) award will be made as a result of this solicitation . This will be awarded as a firm - fixed price type of contract . Period of Performance ( s ) are as follows : May 20 , 2026 to May 19 , 2027Acquisition purpose and objectives : The National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease ( NIAID ), Laboratory of Immunoregulations ( LIR ) focuses its research efforts on the elucidation of cellular and molecular mechanisms of the regulation of the human immune response in health and disease . A major component of these research efforts involves visualizing human lymphocytes and monocytes isolated from healthy donors and identifying differences with those isolated from people with HIV ( PWH ). These samples are coming from individuals participating in multiple clinical research protocols , with Clinicaltrials . org identifiers NCT01306019 , NCT05612178 , NCT00001281 , NCT00001316 , NCT00039689 and NCT05078905 . The instrument has been in our lab for nine years under continual service contracts . This is a delicate and complex instrument that must be under a service contract at all times and only Cytek engineers are qualified to service the instrument . It is also the only instrument of its kind that is available to us for working with cells isolated from PWH . This acquisition is to add a service contract to keep this equipment working optimally . The LIR currently owns one Cytek Amnis Imagestream MKII instrument located in BSL - II / III lab 6A30 of Building 10 . It is used for visualizing cells isolated from participants in multiple clinical research protocols . In order to maintain the integrity of on - going research it is imperative that this instrument be maintained in fully operational status . This service contract will protect the investment of the laboratory in both the instrument and the research in progress . Cytek is the sole provider of Amnis lmageStream ® x , Mk II and Amnis ® FlowSight ® instruments , service , and spare parts . No other organization has been authorized to solicit / sell such services . While this synopsis does not constitute a solicitation , interested vendors may identify their interest and capability to satisfy this requirement . The Government understands that Cytek Biosciences Inc is the only vendor who can provide required maintenance services for the laser equipment . THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS . All responsible sources that could provide the required services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email ( subject line to reference NIAID - NOI - 26 - 2278134 to Linda Smith at linda . smith2 @ nih . gov , by 11 : 00 am eastern standard time Monday , March 16 , 2026 . All responses received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government . A determination not to compete this requirement , based upon responses to this notice , is solely within the discretion of the Government . This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for any information provided in response . The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate . Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization ' s qualifications to perform the work . Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted .

Maryland

2026-04-08