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This is a Notice of Intent to award a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order for microscope upgrade services. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), intends to award the contract to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC under FAR Part 6.302-1 (sole source justification). The contract number is 75N98026Q01075.
The requirement involves upgrading the existing Carl Zeiss LSM 800 confocal microscope system at the NICHD Microscopy Core Facility with current software, installing a new dedicated microscopy workstation, configuring all required software and licenses, providing software maintenance, and performing system installation and verification. These services are necessary to maintain technological compatibility, improve system performance, minimize downtime, and ensure continued availability of this shared research resource used by NIH intramural investigators.
This is not a competitive solicitation; however, small businesses in any category (8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and women-owned small businesses) may submit written capability statements demonstrating their ability to perform the work. The Government retains sole discretion to compete the award based on responses received. Capability statements must be emailed to david.shen@nih.gov no later than 3:00 p.m. EDT on August 28, 2026. Award is anticipated approximately ten days after the notice date unless the Government determines another vendor possesses the capability to meet the requirement.
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Notice of Intent: Zeiss LSM 800 Microscope Upgrades
(75N98026Q01075)
In accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, the National Institutes of Health intends to award a Firm- Fixed-Price Purchase Order to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), operates the NICHD Microscopy Core Facility, which provides advanced microscopy services to NIH intramural investigators. The Carl Zeiss LSM 800 confocal microscope is a shared research instrument used daily to support biomedical research.
The Government requires contractor services to upgrade the existing microscope system with current software, install a new dedicated microscopy workstation, configure all required software and licenses, provide software maintenance, and perform system installation and verification.
These services are necessary to maintain compatibility with current technology, improve system performance, minimize downtime, and ensure continued availability of this shared research resource.
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 3:00 p.m. EDT on August 28, 2026.
mailto:david.shen@nih.gov
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