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Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography (LC) Instrument

Agency: COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 20, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)
NAICS code: 334516 look up NAICS codes

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Jul 20, 2026
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Agency: COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
NAICS: 334516
Scope: Federal

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 ?L/min increments Pressure range: 20–1034 bar, for flow rates below 5 mL/min Flow accuracy: +/- 0.1% Flow precision: <0.05% RSD or <0.01 min SD, whichever is greater Proportioning accuracy: +/- 0.2% of full scale Proportioning precision: <0.15% SD Mixer volume: 200 ?L 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 ?L, min. step = 0.01 ?L Injection volume accuracy: +/- 0.5% for 10 ?L water Injection volume precision: <0.25% area RSD for 1 ?L (caffeine in water) 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 ?L (25 ?L 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 <15 min; From...

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