SPT Firefly System
Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability
Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (7529) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6640 | Last Modified: 03/15/2023
Procurement Summary
• Firefly (6 head) cat#3276-00006 – qty 1 • Dragonfly discovery syringes cat#4150-07200 – qty 1 • Dragonfly reservoirs cat#4150-07103 – qty 1 • 125 mL 96 Format Tips sterile cat#125-096-FF-S – Qty 1 • EX-Load Pipette Tips, 125 mL, Sterile 384 tips per rack, 20 racks per case cat#125-384-EZ-S – Qty 1 • Firefly Genomics Options Kit cat#3276-02002 – Qty 1
Waiver Rationale Summary
SPT Labtech is a United Kingdom based company that manufactures their equipment in the UK. The Firefly liquid handling system uses positive displacement. Each of the Firefly’s disposable tips has its own individual piston, that does not allow an air gap in the system liquid, offering true positive-displacement, non-contact dispending with no risk of cross-contamination. The Firefly liquid handling system is used in the development of vaccines. Because the liquid handling system will be manufactured outside of the United States of America the provisions of the Buy American Act are applicable. No US made product offers the positive displacement needed to perform vaccine development.
Yes
No
Consistent with Policy
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
03/13/2023
RFQ-NIH-2157190
Post-solicitation
0 - 6 months
Individual Waiver
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH