Contracting Office Address
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Acquisition Management Division,
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640,
Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
Sources Sought Notice NIST-MML-25-SS19
Title: Bruker Scientific Biotyper (non-clinical) MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer service
This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response.
This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information.
NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME.
NIST is seeking information from vendors potentially capable of providing service to the Bruker Scientific Biotyper (non-clinical) MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer.
SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES:
Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the commodities described above. NIST anticipates issuing a Request for Quotation in the fourth quarter of 2025 and awarding a contract within the same period.
NIST Is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses. The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code for this effort, 811210 is 34M. Please include the company’s size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice.
After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. Companies that can provide such service are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to [email protected] no later than the response date for this Sources Sought Notice.
The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice:
Responses are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space.