NOI - Automated Slide Scanner Evident Scientific

The National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, intends to award a non-competitive, firm-fixed-price purchase order to Evident Scientific for an Evident Scientific VS200 Automated Slide Scanner and associated components under a streamlined commercial acquisition process authorized by FAR 12.603, 41 U.S.C. 1901, and FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii). This action is necessary to maintain methodological continuity in ongoing longitudinal research studies at the National Institute on Aging’s Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, where existing datasets, image formats, and analysis pipelines are specifically tied to the VS200 system; substituting a different scanner would require extensive reprocessing and recalibration, compromising data integrity and statistical validity. The acquisition is conducted as a brand-name, non-competitive procurement with a solicitation number of 75N98026Q00476, posted on May 29, 2026, and with proposals due by June 8, 2026. The purchase order will be issued to Evident Scientific at 48 Woerd Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453, and delivery is required within three months of award, with FOB Destination terms to the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. The VS200 scanner must support multiple slide dimensions, include fluorescent and brightfield imaging hardware with a motorized turret and filter wheel, an ORCA-Fusion BT Digital CMOS camera, and software capable of batch conversion into OME, TIFF, BigTIFF, JPEG2000, JPEG, and PNG formats with annotation and stepless zooming capabilities. Required accessories include a 36" x 60" vibration control workstation with a ferromagnetic stainless steel top and a low-noise 110V air compressor. The equipment must be capable of scanning up to 31 Z-planes with a 100-micrometer range and extended focal imaging. Offerors must be manufacturers or authorized resellers of the designated brand-name product and must provide documentation proving the offered item meets all salient characteristics, along with unit and list prices, shipping and handling costs, delivery timeframe, F.O.B. point, product catalog numbers, and descriptions. All proposals must include the Unique Entity Identifier, Taxpayer Identification Number, and business size certification, and the offeror must maintain an active SAM registration