NIH intends to sole source a Thermo Fisher mass spectrometer.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a sole source contract to Thermo Fisher Scientific for the procurement of an Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer. This instrument is required for the NHLBI Proteomics Core to maintain consistency with existing equipment and workflows. The system must be compatible with existing Thermo Fisher instruments and software. No other vendor can meet the compatibility requirements. The contract value is not specified but is expected to be over $500,000 based on similar acquisitions.