Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Expansion of Highres Automated Plate Handling System for Ncats
Deadline: 24 Jun 2026
Posting Date: 13 Jun 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 143242892
Document Ref. No.: NIH-NOI-26-PCA-NCATS-06129
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Tender Details
Notice of Intent to Sole Source
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Title: Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Expansion of HighRes Automated Plate Handling System for NCATS
Notice ID: NIH-NOI-26-PCA-NCATS-06129
Notice Type: Special Notice / Notice of Intent to Sole Source
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Product Service Code (PSC): 6640 - Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
NAICS Code: 339113 - Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
Set-Aside Status: No set-aside
Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price
Estimated Award Date: August 14, 2026
Response Date: 6/24/2026, 11:00am EST
Description
This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source and is not a request for competitive quotations. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to:
HighRes Biosolutions
102 Cherry Hill Drive
Beverly, MA 01915
United States
for the Expansion of the HighRes Automated Plate Handling System for NCATS.
The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
NCATS currently operates an existing HighRes automated laboratory plate handling system used to support high-throughput screening and translational research workflows. The purpose of this requirement is to expand the installed system to support increased screening capacity and improved management of specialized compound libraries.
The acquisition includes proprietary HighRes hardware, software, and services necessary to integrate additional capacity into the existing platform, including but not limited to:
HighRes Custom Table System with ACell Robot
SteriStore D automated incubator
Plate stackers
Lid handling c...
Notice ID: nih-noi-26-pca-ncats-06129
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: national institutes of health
Office: national institutes of health olao
Product Service Code: 6640 - laboratory equipment and supplies
NAICS Code: 339113 - Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
Inactive Dates: jul 09, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Documents
Tender Notice
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