This federal contract award is for the purchase of an Olympus BX53 microscope, digital camera, and accessories. The contract, valued at $61,398.05, was awarded to Alliant Enterprises, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), on September 3, 2024. The contracting agency is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), with the place of performance in Calverton, MD.
The contract originated from a USDA ARS solicitation for a compact, ergonomic bright-field microscope with manual configurations for brightfield, phase contrast, and fluorescence illumination, including support for various fluorescent dyes. The solicitation was a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), with a size standard of 1,000 employees. The requirement is for the delivery of one microscope and digital camera system to the Mycology & Nematology Genetic Diversity & Biology Lab in Beltsville, Maryland.
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