Notice of Intent.pdf
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This is a Notice of Intent to award a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order for maintenance services on a Leica STELLARIS 8 confocal microscope. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), intends to award the contract to Leica Microsystems Inc. under FAR Part 6.302-1 (sole source justification). The microscope is located in the Microscope Core Facility at the Porter Neuroscience Research Center on the NIH Bethesda Campus and serves as a shared imaging platform supporting multiple intramural research laboratories conducting neuroscience, developmental biology, and cellular imaging studies.
The STELLARIS 8 system includes advanced laser configurations consisting of a White Light Laser, 405 nm laser, and 775 nm STED module enabling confocal and super-resolution imaging applications. Although this is not a competitive procurement, small businesses including 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and women-owned small businesses may submit a written capability statement demonstrating their ability to perform the requirement. The Government retains sole discretion to compete the award based on responses received. The deadline for capability statement submissions is 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 29, 2026, with responses to be emailed to david.shen@nih.gov. Award is anticipated approximately ten days after the notice date unless another vendor demonstrates capability to meet the requirement. The contract opportunity is identified as 75N98026Q00875.
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Notice of Intent: Maintenance for STELLARIS 8 confocal microscope
(75N98026Q00875)
In accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, the National Institutes of Health intends to award a Firm- Fixed-Price Purchase Order to Leica Microsystems Inc.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) requires continued service coverage for one Leica STELLARIS 8 confocal microscope located in the Microscope Core Facility at the Porter Neuroscience Research Center, NIH Bethesda Campus. This instrument is a shared, high-resolution imaging platform supporting multiple intramural research laboratories engaged in neuroscience, developmental biology, and cellular imaging studies.
The STELLARIS 8 system includes advanced laser configurations (White Light Laser, 405 nm laser, and 775 nm STED module) that enable confocal and super-resolution imaging applications.
This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. However, any available small businesses (e.g., 8(a), service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small business) as stated herein may submit a written capability statement that clearly supports and demonstrates their ability to perform the requirement. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed award based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
It is anticipated that an award will be issued approximately ten (10) days after the date of this notice unless the Government determines that another vendor has the capability to meet this requirement.
Please email responses to david.shen@nih.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 29, 2026.
mailto:david.shen@nih.gov
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