Microbial Flow Cell Sorter

Description: On SAM.gov, the active notice shows Original Published Date: Jul 29, 2026 10:38 pm EDT and Original Date Offers Due: Aug 07, 2026 11:00 am EDT, and it is a commercial-products solicitation rather than a grant. NIST's Biosystems and Biomaterials Division seeks one cell sorter suited to small-particle, especially microbial-cell, sorting to validate fluorescence flow-cytometry enumeration and characterization and to isolate cells by biological function for further manipulation. The contractor must provide the instrument with a 12-month warranty and a service agreement consisting of a base period plus four consecutive option periods beginning after the warranty ends.