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The National Institutes of Health needs a small business to purchase several equipment pieces for a portable microscope system.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need?
- The NIH needs a portable microscope system for detecting biosensors in living animals.
- The essential equipment includes a TCSPC module, a hybrid photon detector, a picosecond laser, a beamsplitter unit, and a GVD-120PCIE module.
- The equipment must be delivered to 5625 Fishers Ln. in Bethesda, MD.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order.
- The notice doesn't say the length of the contract or the expected start date.
- How will they pick the winner?
- The notice doesn't say the evaluation basis.
- When and how do you bid?
- Proposals are due on June 8, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET.
- Bids must be submitted through SAM.gov.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
Primary point of contact
Name
Vishnuvajjala Hanumanth Rao
Email
vishnuh@mail.nih.gov