Contract · Federal · No Set aside used

Pipette Calibration Systems

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Location: Atlanta, GA
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 22, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 334515 look up NAICS codes
PSC code: H252

Timeline

Posted

Jul 22, 2026
Status

Open now

What contracts like this typically pay

No award history yet for this category (NAICS 334515).

What this contract is for

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Location: Atlanta, GA
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 334515
Scope: Federal

The program is requesting purchase of one SpeedCal Mobile multichannel pipette calibration system for the gravimetric testing of multichannel pipettes according to DIN EN ISO 8655 and one Cubis II single channel pipette calibration system with moisture trap, automated draft shield and proximity sensor.

These items are manufactured by Sartorius Corporation.

In order for NCIRD to achieve their mission, laboratory equipment must be compliant with either the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations or with the International Standards Organization (ISO) requirements.

These regulations and standards require calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment, including pipettes, to ensure the accuracy and reliability of test results and uphold quality control standards in clinical labs.

This purchase is for two new calibration units that will be used for this purpose.

There are two gold-standard approaches to checking the accuracy of a pipette’s calibration—photometric, where the absorbance of a dye is measured to determine the volume actually delivered; and gravimetric, where distilled water is weighed to determine how much volume was delivered.

The photometric method requires costly consumables in addition to equipment acquisition costs.

In contrast, the gravimetric method only requires distilled water, and therefore the main associated cost is the equipment acquisition cost.

When calibrating a large number of pipettes using the gravimetric method, it is optimal to use a balance designed for the purpose of pipette calibrations.

This specially-designed balance integrates with software to automatically capture the data (reducing transcription errors), and tares for the next reading to save the operator time and reduce errors from the redundancy of a repetitive tas...

Official solicitation and documents

The full solicitation, any attachments, and the actual submission instructions live on the official listing, not on this page. Oppward summarizes public record data; it does not host or mirror the source documents.

View the official listing on SAM.gov

Oppward is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SAM.gov or any government agency. This page is a plain-English summary of public record data; the linked source above is the authoritative listing.

How to bid on this

This is a contract solicitation, not a grant. To bid, you submit a proposal (usually a price and a description of how you would do the work) directly to the government, through the channel the official listing specifies, not through Oppward.

Make sure your business has an active SAM.gov registration. You cannot be paid on a federal contract without one.
Read the full solicitation on the official listing above, especially the scope of work, not just this summary. Our guide to reading a solicitation walks through what to look for.
Check the set-aside listed above and confirm your business actually qualifies for it before you spend time on a proposal. See our guide to set-asides if the category is unfamiliar.
Submit your proposal by the deadline, using the exact submission method the official listing states. A technically on-time bid sent the wrong way is often treated as late.