Service request for specimen embedding and sectioning.
Open Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC27948767Q
- Agency
-
Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- PSC
- AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- Place of performance
- Moffett Field, California 94035, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) issued a Special Notice stating its intent to sole-source custom histology research services, specimen embedding and sectioning, to ZYAGEN under FAR 12.102(a), with capability statements due November 9, 2026. No set-aside is used. Per the attached presolicitation, the work supports a NASA Space Biosciences project performed at NASA Ames Research Center, with NSSC as the procuring center. The requirement covers planning, preliminary testing, embedding, and sectioning of 15-micron cryosectioned mouse brain slides from the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and substantia nigra of animals exposed to simulated microgravity, radiation, and isolation. Completed slides ship to Principal Investigator Dr. Joshua Alwood within 90 days after receipt of order, and delivery may slip up to one week pending confirmation of the sample shipment date. Interested parties submit written capability statements and qualifications by 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on November 9, 2026. Government reserves sole discretion to pursue full and open competition based on responses. Price quotes will not be reviewed, and oral communications are not acceptable. Questions go to Cara Craft (cara.s.craft@nasa.gov), with Will Garrett (Will.c.garrett@nasa.gov) as secondary contact. NAICS 541714 and PSC AJ11 apply.
Notice text
PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR DETAILS.
QUOTES WILL NOT BE REVIEWED OR ACCEPTED. IF YOU FEEL YOUR COMPANY CAN PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SATPC0043182 Tab 07 Capability Statement.pdf | ||
| SATPC0043182 Tab 04 4 SOW.pdf |
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