Preventive Maintenance epMotion Pipette System
Agriculture (all) · MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1168728 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 29, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Point of contact: Stephen Tees 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B Fort Collins, CO 80526 Stephen.Tees@usda.gov Codes for services: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance Product Service Code (PSC): J066 Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment Description: This requirement is for preventative maintenance of EpMotion 5075 instruments at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in support of the North American Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank (NAFMDVB) a… (show all)
nd National Animal Veterinary Vaccines and Countermeasures Bank (NAVVCB) within the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL). The NAFMDVB and NAVVCB are responsible for testing Vaccine Antigen Concentrates (VAC) by various laboratory methods and animal studies as part of United States and North American agricultural defense against potential FMD outbreaks. The NAFMDVB and NAVVCB maintain EpMotion 5075 instruments that are used for routine pipetting tasks in several laboratory assays to assess stockpiled VACs, which ensures high quality FMD vaccines are available for use in an outbreak. RFO FAR 12.201-1 Simplified procedures will be used for awarding the contract. The anticipated award date is August 17th, 2026. The intended source for this acquisition is Eppendorf North America Inc., 175 Freshwater Blvd. Enfield, Connecticut 06082. Eppendorf is the original manufacturer of the EpMotion 5075, the instrument covered under this service requirement. The company uses proprietary parts and software that are not made available to third-party service providers. As a result, no other vendors or technicians are authorized or technically capable of performing maintenance or repairs on this instrument, nor can they obtain the necessary parts to service or replace malfunctioning components. Because of these restrictions, only Eppendorf can provide qualified technical support, authorized repairs, and genuine replacement parts for the EpMotion 5075. These instruments are highly technical, expensive, and crucial to the operational activities of NAFMDVB and NAVVCB. Improper maintenance or unauthorized repairs would risk equipment failure, work stoppages, and significant additional costs associated with restoring or replacing the instrument. All responsible sources may submit a response which will be considered by the agency. Please email responses to Stephen Tees at Stephen.Tees@usda.gov no later than the response date of this notice. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored.
Who won similar work
45 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same NAICS 811210.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERIS CORPORATION · $STE | 3 | $2.1M | Sep 17, 2026 |
| HITACHI HIGH-TECH AMERICA, INC. | 2 | $317K | Jul 14, 2026 |
| ELECTRONIC RISKS CONSULTANTS, INC. | 2 | $263K | Aug 31, 2026 |
| NEXUS GROUP, LLC | 2 | $154K | Aug 17, 2026 |
| LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · $TMO | 2 | $135K | Aug 31, 2026 |
| GETINGE USA SALES, LLC | 2 | $107K | Sep 25, 2025 |
| TRADE TRAC, INC | 1 | $1.6M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| THE PRESRAY CORPORATION | 1 | $675K | Jul 31, 2026 |
| C-LOCK, INC. | 1 | $469K | Aug 18, 2026 |
| JA KANE CO INC | 1 | $290K | Jun 9, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
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- Sep 10, 2026MOLECULAR DEVICES LLC$22KQPIX 420 Molecular Devices 1 Year PM Service
- Aug 31, 2026ELECTRONIC RISKS CONSULTANTS, INC.$155KService of TSQ Quantis Mass Spectrometer
- Aug 31, 2026LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION$19KAttune NxT Acoustic Focusing Cytometer Maintenance and Coverage
- Aug 24, 2026JEOL USA, INC.$96KService Agreement for Analytical Instrument
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- $46K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senate Committee on Appropriations
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 132 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 8 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
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