Purchase Order 75N94026P00101
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- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $25,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Thorlabs, Inc. to provide a one-year service agreement for a multiphoton microscope. The place of performance will be in Bethesda, Maryland. The contract period runs from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. No set aside designation or subcontractors were indicated. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development conducts research in...
- This is a one-year service contract awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a civilian research agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to Newport Corporation, a subsidiary of MKS Instruments Inc. The $19,114.63 firm-fixed-price contract is for the maintenance and support of NICHD's multi-photon laser system. The contract does not have a small business set-aside designation, indicating that Newport Corp, an established manufacturer of...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a civilian agency, to Thorlabs, Inc. for a 1-year service agreement to provide a multiphoton microscope. The award ceiling value is $12,500.00. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Thorlabs, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of photonics equipment and specialized optical components that has been providing goods and services to the U.S. federal government since...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $134,424.58 firm fixed-price purchase order to Leica Microsystems Inc. (Leica Biosystems division) for a one-year service agreement covering maintenance and support of optical microscope systems and related equipment. The non-severable contract, awarded January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2026, was procured through a sole-source Request for Quotation issued under Simplified Acquisition...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a civilian agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a one-year, firm-fixed-price purchase order to Nikon Instruments Inc. for maintenance services on a Nikon Ti2-E Confocal with Spinning Disk microscope system. This $27,000 contract supports critical research activities across several NICHD labs by ensuring the availability of this specialized microscopy equipment. As the sole source provider of the...
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $54,247.40 firm fixed-price purchase order to Leica Microsystems Inc. (Leica Biosystems division) on September 1, 2025, for maintenance services on a Stellaris 8 STED microscope system. The contract is severable in nature and will remain in effect through August 31, 2026. The work will be performed at NICHD's facilities in Bethesda, Maryland. No set-aside designation was used for this procurement, indicating the award...
- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $25,000 purchase order to Nikon Instruments Inc. for a Nikon confocal microscope system service agreement. The contract has a period of performance from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. Nikon will provide maintenance and support services for confocal microscope equipment located at the NICHD facility in Bethesda, Maryland. As the leading federal sponsor of biomedical research, the...
- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $10,571 purchase order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC. This firm fixed price contract is for an inverted microscope to support NICHD's service and research efforts. Work will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland over a one year period concluding June 2024. As a leader in biomedical research, NICHD seeks to ensure the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and adults. This contract will...
- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $442,271.04 to an undisclosed prime contractor. The contract is for preventative maintenance of a Thermo Fisher FEI Glacios electron microscope located in Westlake, Maryland, through January 2028. Services will include an annual maintenance visit with unlimited labor hours and travel expenses, spare parts including accessories, replacement of the...
- The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $3,561 purchase order to Leica Microsystems Inc.'s Leica Biosystems Division for maintenance services. The one-year agreement, running from November 13, 2017 through October 24, 2018, provides for the upkeep of laboratory equipment located at the agency's facilities in Bethesda, Maryland on a firm-fixed price basis. As the prime contractor, Leica...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $42.5K firm fixed-price purchase order to Thorlabs, Inc. for 12-month warranty and preventative maintenance coverage of a Thorlabs Bergamo II Multiphoton Microscope located at the NICHD facility in Bethesda, Maryland. The contract, awarded on January 9, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of January 8, 2030, encompasses certified preventive maintenance, calibration, software support, genuine parts replacement, and on-site repairs performed by certified Thorlabs engineers. This procurement was conducted without a set-aside designation and contemplated direct award to Thorlabs as the original equipment manufacturer, justified under Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions 12.102(a) and 12.201-1(c)(2) based on the manufacturer's unique qualifications to support this specialized high-resolution imaging equipment. The contract represents a base year agreement with three optional 12-month renewal periods available, supporting NICHD's neuroscience research operations that rely on the multiphoton microscope for high-resolution imaging of live tissue and in vivo brain imaging. Thorlabs, Inc., a Newton, New Jersey-based manufacturer of photonics equipment and optical components with extensive federal contracting experience since 2001, serves as the prime contractor. The procurement falls under NAICS code 811219 for electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance, and is categorized under PSC code J066 for maintenance and repair of laboratory and precision equipment.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Warranty/Preventative Maintenance Coverage for NICHD Multiphoton Microscope Equipment | 75N94026Q00021 | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | Pre-Solicitation 1/1 | 12/22/25, 6:43 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $10.6k | 1/6/26 |