Purchase Order 36C26221P1452

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 awarded a $408,597 firm fixed price purchase order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC of Long Beach, California. The contract is for the delivery of a Zeiss LSM 900 Airyscan 2 Multiplex Super Resolutions Microscope System to support biological sample analysis with optical resolution of up to 120 nanometers at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System. The solicitation sought offers for this Zeiss microscope to enable analysis of biological samples without a pinhole and with absolute linear scanner movement to improve examination of intracellular compartments. There was no set-aside designation for this award made under solicitation number 6515 to the technically acceptable offer representing the lowest price. Performance is to take place at the VA medical center in Long Beach, with shipment required by September 30, 2021.