# Notice of Intent to Sole Source Senior Biologist

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/pcanidcr01213

- Solicitation number: PCA-NIDCR-01213
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Corinne Goldsmith Inc.
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health (n-NATIONALINSTITUTESOFHEALTH)
- NAICS: 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- Product or service code: B510 Environmental Studies and Assessments
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Silver Spring, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Silver Spring. https://abierto.us/cities/silver-spring-md-2472450
- First posted: April 2, 2026
- Last posted: April 2, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/08ec86194c024a53b1aa06b7448aa40c/view

## Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed-price purchase order as a Total Small Business Set-Aside to:

Corinne M. Goldsmith, Inc. (Small Business) This requirement is for specialized Senior Biologist services in support of the Sjögren’s Disease Biomarkers Consortium. The contractor will provide biospecimen logistics support, including sample intake, tracking, transport, FFPE block management, tissue microarray (TMA) coordination, and maintenance of audit-ready documentation necessary for multi-omic analyses.

**Period of Performance:**

**Base Year:** April 9, 2026 – April 8, 2027 Option Year 1: April 9, 2027 – April 8, 2028 Option Year 2: April 9, 2028 – April 8, 2029 The Government intends to award on a sole source basis pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), as only one responsible source is reasonably available. The identified small business contractor possesses unique qualifications, including extensive project-specific experience, established biospecimen workflows, and the ability to perform immediately without disruption to ongoing research. This procurement is being conducted as a Total Small Business Set-Aside in accordance with FAR Part 19. NAICS Code:

**541380 – Testing Laboratories and Services Size Standard:** $19.0 million This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. However, any other small business concerns that believe they can satisfy this requirement may submit a capability statement. Responses must be received no later than April 7, 2026, at 12:00 PM (ET) and shall be submitted via email to:

travis.brown@nih.gov All capability statements received by the closing date will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses received is at the sole discretion of the Government.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Corinne Goldsmith Inc. (UEI WMEUQ6K722T5)
- Contract: 75N98026P00233, purchase order
- Obligated: $76,608.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number PCANIDCR01213 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 7529 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75N98026P00233_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- April 2, 2026: Special notice, due April 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM EDT. Notice 08ec86194c024a53b1aa06b7448aa40c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/08ec86194c024a53b1aa06b7448aa40c/view

## Points of contact

- R. Travis Brown, travis.brown@nih.gov, 3014024586

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