Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Noi Merscope Kits and Gene Panels
Deadline: 03 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 21 Mar 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138231279
Document Ref. No.: PCA-NIA-01370
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE -
Notice of Intent to Sole Source
SOLICITATION NUMBER: PCA-NIA-01370
TITLE: MERSCOPE Kits and Gene Panels
RESPONSE DATE: April 03, 2026, at 4:00 pm EST.
PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT:
Elaine Estrella, Contract Specialist, [email protected]
Brian Lind, Contract Specialist, [email protected]
INTRODUCTION:
THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).
The National Institute of Health Hospital Laboratory Support Service (NIHHLS) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition to Vizgen, Inc . The purpose of this acquisition will be to provide the National Institute on Aging (NIA) with kits and panels to perform spatial transcriptomic experiments on ovary sections using the MERSCOPE platform with the assistance of the Computational Biology and Genomics Core (CBGC) at the NIA. No other available kits are compatible with this platform.
NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE and SET ASIDE STATUS
NAICS code 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a business size standard classification of 1000. This acquisition is NOT set aside for small businesses.
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-07 dated 08-29-2024.
This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and FAR subpart 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items at an amount exceeding the SAT, and not exceeding $7 million.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the FAR Subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and the statutory authority of [speci...
Notice ID: pca-nia-01370
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Original Set Aside: total small business set-aside (far 19.5)
Sub-tier: national institutes of health
Office: national institutes of health olao
Product Service Code: 6550 - in vitro diagnostic substances, reagents, test kits and sets
NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Inactive Dates: apr 18, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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