# Fully Motorized Light Microscope System

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nb6430202502228

- Solicitation number: NB643020-25-02228
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Awarded to Hitech Instruments, Inc.
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
- Place of performance: Gaithersburg, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Gaithersburg. https://abierto.us/cities/gaithersburg-md-2431175
- First posted: June 23, 2025
- Last posted: August 8, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d675dfedfc1c4920ac43433b296592d7/view

## Description

The purpose of Amendment I is to correct the shipping address from NIST, 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305 to NIST Building 301 Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-001. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). All communications and documents must include the solicitation number NB643020-25-02228.

The contracting officer will not use, nor this solicitation be subject to the formal source selection procedures described in FAR Part 15. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD), Team E-Boulder has a requirement for a Brand Name Carl Zeiss Axio Imager Motorized Microscope System per the attached Combined Synopsis/Solicitation and Requirements and Specifications.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Hitech Instruments, Inc. (UEI HWHRDKNA2887)
- Contract: 1333ND25PNB640413, purchase order
- Obligated: $94,160.91
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 6 offers received
- Link: solicitation number NB6430202502228 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1333ND (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1333ND25PNB640413_1341_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- June 23, 2025: Sources sought, due July 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 3396398ed6e6423e92354392d3bcfcb7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3396398ed6e6423e92354392d3bcfcb7/view
- July 28, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 70e88af02fbc4f029fb2a3396c109d6c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/70e88af02fbc4f029fb2a3396c109d6c/view
- August 8, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice d675dfedfc1c4920ac43433b296592d7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d675dfedfc1c4920ac43433b296592d7/view

## Points of contact

- Angela Hitt, angela.hitt@nist.gov, 3034977305

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