Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Protective Ema for the Echo 550 Acoustic Liquid Handler
Deadline: 26 Mar 2026
Posting Date: 12 Mar 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 137639110
Document Ref. No.: Protective_EMA_for_Echo_550_Acoustic_Liquid_Handler
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Notice of Intent for Sole Source
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Durham, North Carolina intends to award, on a sole source basis, to Beckman Coulter, Inc. Life Sciences in accordance with RFO 6.103-1(b) to purchase Protective EMA for the Echo 550 Acoustic Liquid Handler. This procurement is recommended to be processed without full and open competition.
EPA-s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Office of Mission Critical Operations, Risk Assessment Support Division-s Laboratory is needing a Protective equipment maintenance agreement (EMA) for the Echo 550 acoustic liquid handler, which is needed to ensure proper equipment performance and reliability. This equipment is vital for high-throughput assay automation to generate data for many aspects of OCSPP-s mission to gain knowledge about chemicals and their associated effects on human health and the environment.
The Beckman Coulter Protective EMA for the Echo 550 acoustic liquid handler shall include:
One annual preventative maintenance visit.
Unlimited phone, email, and remote support sessions.
All parts, site labor, zone charges and per diem charges.
Software bug fixes for Echo user interface software and applications software.
The initial service response time is not to exceed (8) business hours.
The onsite service response time will not exceed (3) business days after all remote diagnostic sessions have been exhausted and both parties agree a service visit is required.
All parts and services retain a (90) day warranty from the date of installation.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for proposals. This notice of intent is for information purposes only; therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement.
Submit questions or concerns via email (using PDF, MS Word, Excel attachments) to Contract Specialist, Jeremy Melby, at [email protected]. No telephone calls will be accepted.
The NAICS code for...
Notice ID: protective_ema_for_echo_550_acoustic_liquid_handler
Department/Ind. Agency: environmental protection agency
Sub-tier: environmental protection agency
Office: water, tribal & science division
Product Service Code: j079 - maint/repair/rebuild of equipment- cleaning equipment and supplies
NAICS Code: 811412 - Appliance Repair and Maintenance
Inactive Dates: mar 26, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
Documents
Tender Notice
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