Abeyance Cryogenic LN2 Vapor Cryo Freezer and Racks

NOTICE OF INTENT to Sole Source

NOTICE ID NUMBER: 75N98026Q00659 NCI

TITLE:

Abeyance Cryogenic LN2 Vapor Cryo Freezer and Racks

CLASSIFICATION CODE:

6640 – Laboratory Equipment and Supplies

NAICS CODE:

334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

RESPONSE DATE:

August 12, 2026 – 3 PM

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to award a sole-source firm-fixed-price purchase order to Lab Rep Co. for an Abeyance Cryogenic LN2 Vapor Cryo Freezer and racks.

Requirement

The Pediatric Oncology Branch (POB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH maintains several liquid nitrogen freezers used for long-term storage of critical clinical and research samples.

The following product features/characteristics are required for this requirement:

• Optimized design for size/capacity/usability

• Touchscreen controller automatically maintains freezer conditions

• Critical data is recorded (can be pushed to the cloud, emailed or saved to USB drive)

• Supports independent temperature and liquid nitrogen level monitoring and control

• Increased capacity while maintaining footprint size of current units to optimize restricted space

• Cryogenic LED and automatic fog-clear to enhance visibility and sample access

• Improved ergonomics allowing for safer/easier access to samples

• Cryogenic freezers must fit in space currently occupied by the units being replaced as floor space is limited. 

Sole-Source Rationale

The Pediatric Oncology Branch (POB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH has been systematically replacing aging liquid nitrogen freezers as they reach the end of their operational lifespan in order to mitigate the risk of catastrophic equipment failure and potential loss of critical clinical and research samples. The most recent replacement units were purchased several years ago.

Those units—the Abeyance A440 liquid nitrogen freezers from Azenta Life Sciences—have demonstrated excellent...