Summary
The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA), on behalf of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Diagnostics and Countermeasures Branch, has issued a Notice of Intent to negotiate a sole-source contract with Life Technology Corporation for three Applied Biosystem QuantStudio 7 Pro Dx Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Systems. The procurement requires FDA-compliant (US-IVD) instruments, associated Diomni software, a one-year warranty, delivery, installation, user-level training, and the removal and trade-in of three existing government-owned QuantStudio instruments. Capability statements must be submitted to Keith C. Crum and Sharew Hailu by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 15, 2026, with work to be performed in Silver Spring, Maryland.