36C25026Q0245_1.docx

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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Network Contracting Office 10 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr.

Lobby M suite 2200 Ann Arbor MI, 48105

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Specialist Laura Poma laura.poma@va.gov 7348453523

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor MI

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT only pertaining to items for the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. Information collected during this Sources Sought may be used in a set aside. If a solicitation is issued, the Government will do so in accordance with Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 334516. The NAICS size is 1000 employees.

Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for small business or veteran owned small business status must be registered with the SBA and be able to be located through SBA - Dynamic Small Business Search via https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ Contractors that deem themselves capable of meeting the requirement shall provide the below information to Laura Poma, Contracting Specialist, at laura.poma@va.gov AND Kellie Konopinski, Contracting Officer, at Kellie.Konopinski@va.gov no-later-than Tuesday, February 11, 2026, at 10:00 am EST, referencing 36C25026Q0245.

Responses shall include: (1) Business Name and Address, (2) Contract Number items are covered under, if applicable (3) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number and E-mail Address (4) SAM UEI and NAICS code (5) Business Size SMALL or LARGE (6) Type of Business: service disabled veteran owned, veteran owned small business, 8a, HUBZone, woman-owned, other than small business, etc. (7) Information for the product you would propose and which if any of the salient characteristics below it does not meet. (8) Where the proposed product is manufactured. (9) A concern that is not a manufacturer of the supply shall provide the manufacturers name and size standard and an authorized distributor letter. (10) If the concern is the manufacture and the sole distributor, please provide documentation to that effect. If the concern is the manufacturer and has authorized distributors, please provide a list of the authorized distributors as well. (11) Current lead time of equipment that will be proposed.

Contractor must be registered with https://www.sam.gov To be considered SDVOSB/VOSB, must be registered SBA - Dynamic Small Business Search via https://search.certifications.sba.gov/

· FOB is Destination.

· Delivery is to:

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System Warehouse 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105

The Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 10, located at 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., Lobby M, Suite M2200, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105 in support of VISN 10 VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 has a requirement to purchase the below BZ-X series All-In-One Florescence Microscope Add-Ons for vivo and in vitro experiments.

Fluorescent Microscope Add-On Equipment must be compatible with the currently owned BZ-X Fluorescent Microscope. The Add on equipment will allow in vitro (in glass/lab) studies to test biological processes outside a living organism (e.g., cells in a dish), while in vivo (within the living) studies occur within a whole, living organism (animal or human). Both are crucial in VA research, with in vitro offering controlled, precise initial insights, and in vivo revealing complex systemic interactions and real-world effects, often progressing from lab dishes to animal models, then to human clinical trials for safety and efficacy. The Fluorescent Microscope Add-On Equipment also meets the required specifications for accomplishing the research:

· Advanced Analysis Software: The analysis software must include some basic image processing software such as Haze reduction (no-neighbor deconvolution), image overlays, scale bar, cut/paste, zoom, lookup table, black balance. This requirement is associated with the ability to do simple image analysis that is pre-calibrated to ensure time savings.

· Advanced Multi Stack Observation Module: The microscope must be equipped with a navigation function that enables the user the following: to make observations at a high magnification while checking the position over the entire region using a wide-area map image linked with information on the XY stage coordinates and to move the observation position by clicking the desired point on the wide-area map image. It must also be possible to create a wide-area map image using any of the mountable lenses. This requirement is associated with the need to shorten capture time by ensuring that it is possible to perform positioning while using a high-magnification lens without having to frequently switch between high-magnification and low-magnification lenses.

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