The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS), National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) has awarded a $49,452.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc., a for-profit small business based in Reston, Virginia, for the supply of an Evident BX53 Clinical Microscope/Camera system. The microscope equipment is required for Biosafety Level 2 work on Chronic Wasting Disease cases at the NWRC facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. This one-time purchase order was competed as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). The agency initially issued a pre-solicitation notice on SAM.gov in August 2025, with a response deadline of September 1, 2025, indicating a compressed procurement timeline. This purchase order appears to be part of the agency's research and testing programs focused on wildlife diseases.
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