gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters

The National Institutes of Health, through the Office of the Director within the Department of Health and Human Services, intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to Miltenyi Biotec, Inc. for the purchase of a gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters, a specialized instrument required to generate viable single-cell suspensions from complex tissues such as brain tissue in support of ongoing experimental studies, particularly in the research of breast cancer brain metastasis. The equipment is essential to ensure consistent, high-quality tissue dissociation necessary for downstream molecular profiling, functional assays, and biomarker analysis, maintaining cell viability and integrity critical to research rigor. The solicitation number is 75N98026Q00559, the NAICS code is 334516, and the place of performance is Bethesda, Maryland, 20892. The contract is not subject to any small business set-aside, and the posting date was June 9, 2026, with a response deadline of June 19, 2026. Although this is formally a presolicitation notice and not a request for competitive quotations, the Government has opened a limited opportunity for small businesses—such as 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, and women-owned small businesses—to submit a written capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet the requirement. These submissions must be emailed to david.shen@nih.gov no later than 11:00 p.m. EDT on June 18, 2026. However, the Government retains full discretion to determine whether to proceed with a sole-source award to Miltenyi Biotec, Inc. or to open the procurement to competition based on the responses received. No pricing details, delivery schedules, inspection criteria, or specific packaging requirements are provided in the documentation, and no contract clauses, evaluation factors, or administrative details are included beyond the intent to award a single-source purchase order to meet a clearly defined and critical laboratory need.