Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice Tender in USA - 145639460

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Country: USA

Summary: Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Twodimensional Liquid Chromatography Lc Instrument

Deadline: 03 Aug 2026

Posting Date: 22 Jul 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 145639460

Document Ref. No.: NB645040-26-01704

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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This ia a Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography (LC) Instrument
BACKGROUND
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting market research to identify alternative sources that (a) are capable of meeting NIST-s minimum requirements for the following commercial products and commercial services and (b) would be interested in competing for that requirement.
The contractor shall provide a 2D-LC system and two years of maintenance after the expiration of the initial warranty of the instrument, to meet the following minimum specifications:
a. Two (2) binary pumps
Flow range: 0.001-8 mL/min, in 1 μL/min increments
Pressure range: 20-1034 bar, for flow rates below 5 mL/min
Flow accuracy: +/- 0.1%
Flow precision:
Proportioning accuracy: +/- 0.2% of full scale
Proportioning precision:
Mixer volume: 200 μL
Biocompatible with pH range 1.5-12, chloride concentration up to 1 mol/L
b. One (1) dual split sampler
Pressure range: 20-1034 bar
Default injection volume range: 0.01-25 μL, min. step = 0.01 μL
Injection volume accuracy: +/- 0.5% for 10 μL water
Injection volume precision:
Injection linearity r2 0.99999 (caffeine in water)
Sample compartment temperature range: 4-40 ˚C
Sample temperature accuracy: +/- 2 °C
Sample temperature stability: +/- 1 ˚C
Dwell volume: 110 μL (25 μL sample loop)
Biocompatible with pH range 1.5-12, chloride concentration up to 1 mol/L
c. One (1) column compartment
Temperature range: 5-120 ˚C in 0.1 ˚C increments
Temperature stability: +/- 0.05 ˚C
Temperature accuracy: +/- 0.5 ˚C
Heating performance: From 20 ˚C to 50 ˚C (+/- 1 ˚C) in
Cooling performance: From 50 ˚C to 20 ˚C (+/- 1 ˚C) in
Capacity: 2 column slots
Column slot dimension: 387 mm × 25 mm
Biocompatible with pH range 1.5-12, chloride concentration up to 1 ...
Notice ID: nb645040-26-01704

Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of

Sub-tier: national institute of standards and technology

Office: dept of commerce nist

NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

Inactive Dates: aug 18, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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