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Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Automated Inverted Microscope

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF

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Place of performance: Gaithersburg, MD

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Posted
Jul 15, 2026
Closes
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At a glance

This is a government contract opportunity posted by COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF in the analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing category. Work is performed in Gaithersburg, MD.

Classification and identifiers

Industry (NAICS)
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)
Product or service (PSC)
Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (6640)
Solicitation number
NIST-SS26-152
Contracting office
DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST

Who can apply

Work performed in Gaithersburg, MD

About this opportunity

BACKGROUND The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting market research to identify alternative sources that (a) are capable of meeting NIST’s minimum requirements for the following commercial products and commercial services and (b) would be interested in competing for that requirement: The Biophysical and Biomedical Measurement Group within the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division of the Physical Measurements Laboratory will acquire an inverted microscope to advance measurement science for its Organ-on-a-Chip (OoC)/ Microphysiological Systems (MPS) program. Therefore, we require an inverted microscope system that is relatively easy to use, capable of maintaining live cell culture incubation conditions, and compatible with other existing Zeiss microscopes in...

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