US-FED-00000387130 - Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography - Deadline August 3,2026

This ia a Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Two–Dimensional Liquid Chromatography (LC) InstrumentBACKGROUNDThe 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 pumpsFlow range: 0.0018 mL/min, in 1 L/min incrementsPressure range: 201034 bar, for flow rates below 5 mL/minFlow accuracy: +/– 0.1%Flow precision: