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Recovery and Re-Energization of Bruker 14T MRI Magnet
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The National Institutes of Health is seeking immediate recovery and re-energization of its quenched Bruker 14T MRI magnet at the Mouse Imaging Facility in Bethesda, Maryland, to restore critical imaging capabilities essential for ongoing biomedical research. The magnet, which had been operating nearly around the clock since its installation, was rendered inoperable in February 2025, causing significant disruption to studies initiated before January 20, 2025, and threatening the integrity of NIH’s long-term research investments. The work must be performed by Bruker BioSpin Corporation, the sole source with the proprietary technical expertise to safely and effectively restore the magnet to full operational status, as no other vendor possesses the necessary knowledge or equipment for this highly specialized task. This procurement is authorized under FAR 6.302-1 due to unusual and compelling urgency, and is structured as a firm-fixed-price purchase order with no competitive solicitation, reflecting the essential nature of the service and the impossibility of delaying restoration without severe impact on scientific progress. The contractor is responsible for all labor, materials, equipment, and travel required to bring the magnet back online at the NIH Mouse Imaging Facility, where it will be inspected and accepted upon successful re-energization. All performance must be completed without additional cost to the government, and the deliverable is the full resumption of high-throughput, 24/7 animal imaging operations to support existing and related experiments. While no formal evaluation factors, line-item pricing, or detailed delivery schedule are provided, the urgency of the request drives the procurement’s structure, which bypasses traditional competition. The offeror must meet the mission-critical requirement of returning the system to optimum working order, and while small businesses are invited to submit capability statements for potential future consideration, only Bruker is eligible for immediate award. The contract will be administered by NIH’s contracting office in Bethesda, Maryland, with no specified invoicing method, payment details, or clauses beyond the justification for sole-source acquisition, and no additional security, personnel, or inspection standards beyond the functional requirement of operational restoration.
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Bethesda, MD, 20892, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's leading medical research agency and the primary
Federal agency conducting and supporting medical discoveries that improve people's health and save
lives. The Mouse Imaging Facility (MIF) was established in 1999 as a shared resource dedicated to
providing access to modern radiological imaging methods optimized for studying mice (and other animals)
and developing state-of-the-art anatomical, functional and molecular imaging techniques for the entire
intramural NIH community. Currently, the MIF imaging resources include magnetic resonance imagers
(MRI), microcomputed tomography (Micro CT), optical imaging including bioluminescence and
f luorescence, high f requency ultrasound with photoacoustics imaging, other animal physiologic monitoring
equipment. The MIF has considerable technical expertise in animal imaging. The MIF mission requires
that all imaging equipment be in optimum working order for maximum use by NIH researchers. The 14T
magnet was used for imaging nearly 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, so its quench has had a
signif icant impairment to ongoing studies that were started before January 20, 2025. It is imperative to
restore the 14T magnet for imaging for studies that are currently delayed.
The objective is to bring the magnet back online for use as quickly as possible. Failure to procure these
services will result in continued disruption of ongoing research, possible loss of NIH investment in
research resources currently involved in the ongoing studies, and an inability to complete ongoing
imaging studies that began before January 20, 2025. This request falls under the category of instrument
maintenance and service and ongoing research experiments. Order relates to ongoing research
experiments that began before January 20, 2025, including new experiments related to studies that
began prior to January 20, 2025.
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