The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Keyence Corporation of America for a digital microscope with macroscopic to microscopic capabilities using objective lenses and hand-held borescopes. This equipment will allow the FDA to examine packages, Petri dishes, and microscope slides as part of their requirements. The contract has a potential value of $115,000.00 and a completion date of July 14, 2023. The award...
This federal contract award is for the purchase of an Optical-Photothermal Infrared-Raman-Fluorescence (O-PTIR-R-FL) microscope system by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Human Foods Program. The $637,260.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded to Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp., a minority-owned small business manufacturer based in Santa Barbara, California. The microscope system will be used to support the FDA's analysis of micro- and nanoplastics in food products. The original...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $83,209.05 firm-fixed-price delivery order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, to provide a fluorescence microscope with camera and analysis software. This equipment is critical for new COVID-19 vaccine platforms being manufactured. The award is part of a larger Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle, which allows the FDA to procure specialized microscopy products and services from the vendor as...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $75,936 firm fixed price purchase order to Lyncee TEC SA, a manufacturer of optical and microscopy instruments based in Switzerland, for the delivery of a digital holographic microscope system. This award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. The microscope system will be used to support the FDA's regulatory and research activities. Lyncee TEC SA has previously provided similar specialized...
This federal contract award was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a civilian agency, to 259 Holdings LTD LLC, a woman-owned small business doing business as Microscope World. The $20,291.99 firm fixed-price delivery order is for the procurement of a stereomicroscope and was not set aside. 259 Holdings LTD LLC holds a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) for scientific equipment and services (FSS-66), which has a potential value...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order to Government Scientific Source Inc. (GSS), a small business, for the purchase of a new state-of-the-art digital microscope system. The $102,229.58 contract is to replace the aging microscope systems at the Forensic Chemistry Center (FCC) within the Office of Regulatory Affairs/Office of Regulatory Science/Medical Products, Tobacco and Specialty Labs...
The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration awarded a $372,522 purchase order to Nikon Instruments Inc. to deliver an inverted confocal microscope system with post-warranty service agreement options. The solicitation sought an inverted confocal microscope to image live and fixed cells and tissue samples at the agency's Jefferson, Arkansas facility. Key requirements included inverted scope capabilities, an environmental chamber, lasers at specified wavelengths,...
The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration awarded a $20,008.16 purchase order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC of White Plains, New York. The firm fixed price contract is for the delivery and installation of a Zeiss AXIOCAM 820 monochrome camera and ZEN software onto an existing Zeiss Observer Z1 microscope at the agency. Per the attached solicitation, the FDA sought to procure this Zeiss equipment or equal in order to upgrade its microscope capabilities. The products...
The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has awarded a $21,000.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract to New York Microscope Company, Inc., a woman-owned small business, for preventive maintenance, cleaning, and service of 50 microscopes. The contract has a completion date of June 8, 2025 and was awarded on June 3, 2021. New York Microscope Company, Inc. has previously performed as a prime contractor for various federal agencies, including the Defense Logistics...
The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration awarded a $59,033 purchase order to Nikon Instruments Inc. to upgrade an existing ECLIPSE Ti-E Inverted Automated Research Microscope. The solicitation sought accessories for the microscope, which is used to support FDA programs. The award was made through a small business set-aside competitive procurement conducted under Request for Quote number 75F40123Q00283. Nikon will provide the accessories with work occurring in...