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LEICA PEGASUS DUAL RETORT TISSUE PROCESSOR

Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability

Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (7529) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6640 | Last Modified: 03/31/2023

Procurement Summary

The Infectious Disease Pathogenesis Section (IDPS) is a part of the Comparative Medicine Branch (CMB) of the National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIAID) requires a new and additional dual-retort tissue processor to maintain and manage the increasing workload and prepare for an older tissue processor unit’s retirement due to age, the IDPS requires an additional tissue processor with a dual retort with a 400-cassette capacity and two 200-cassette protocols to run in parallel on a single instrument. The instrument must be compatible with our existing Leica brand single-retort 200-cassette single-retort tissue processor, the Leica ASP 6025 Tissue Processor.

Did / Will the solicitation include one of the standard BAA provisions announcing the agency’s intention to provide a price preference for domestic end products and construction material?

Yes

Was a sources sought or Request for Information issued?

No

OMB Determination

Consistent with Policy

Product

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

NAICS

339113 - Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing

Date Submitted

03/28/2023

Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID)

N/A

Solicitation ID

RFQ-NIAID-2155094

Procurement Stage

Post-solicitation

Expected Maximum Duration of the Proposed Waiver

Between 6 months and 1 year

Waiver Coverage

Individual Waiver

Funding Agency

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH