Opportunity Overview
The National Institutes of Health, supporting the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is soliciting quotations for Orbitrap Excedion Pro MS System ETD Ready with Vanquish Horizon UHPLC and associated components, 75N98026Q01150-04744. The requirement is for a next-generation high-resolution LC-MS platform for NIEHS biomedical and environmental health research in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Deadline
Quotations are due September 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time.
Scope
The requirement includes a Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Excedion Pro mass spectrometry system configured for ETD/EThcD, a matched Vanquish Horizon UHPLC system, associated software and components, consumables, shipping, onsite training, preventive maintenance, factory and extended warranty support, and related OEM-supported integration. The system is intended to replace an existing Q Exactive Plus platform and sustain advanced proteomics and biomolecular analysis capabilities.
The current SAM.gov notice also includes a ship-to-address update confirming delivery to the NIEHS warehouse at 105 TW Alexander Drive, Building 110, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
Competition and Evaluation
The acquisition is unrestricted under NAICS 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and PSC 6640, Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. The Government anticipates a firm-fixed-price acquisition. Offerors must demonstrate technical compliance with the complete solicitation requirements and provide the requested product, pricing, delivery, registration, and business information. The current solicitation materials indicate award on a technically acceptable price basis.
Submission
Responses are to be submitted electronically in accordance with the combined synopsis/solicitation to the NIH contracting contact identified in the official notice. Prospective offerors must review the current combined synopsis/solicitation and the ship-to-address update before responding.
Funding / Contract Value
No fixed maximum contract value is stated in the public notice.
Qualification Guidance
This opportunity is most relevant to qualified analytical laboratory instrument manufacturers, authorized suppliers, or integrators able to provide the required Orbitrap and UHPLC configuration, OEM-supported integration, training, maintenance, warranty coverage, and delivery requirements. No Dr. Miltie capability should be assumed without documentary evidence of the required mass spectrometry and laboratory-instrument qualifications.