# Animal Shipping Boxes

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/rfq2604855

- Solicitation number: RFQ-26-04855
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as combined synopsis and solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Pakolatus LLC for $105,312.00
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health Olao (75N980)
- NAICS: 322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 8145 Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- 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: April 24, 2026
- Last posted: June 9, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e6df7a425964457fac2a452f70cefc4f/view

## Description

Animal Shipping Boxes are for an ongoing operational need supporting laboratories and offices across the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to sustain mission critical activies for health and longevity mission critical research.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Pakolatus LLC (UEI H7RMPX3LX3J4)
- Contract: 75N98026P00671, purchase order
- Obligated: $47,640.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 15 offers received
- Link: award number 75N98026P00671 equals the contract number; same awarding office 75N980 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75N98026P00671_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- April 24, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice dadad37200af4e9d80f94536184bfe84. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dadad37200af4e9d80f94536184bfe84/view
- May 4, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 102a909332bd4650b3b90f41a459db4b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/102a909332bd4650b3b90f41a459db4b/view
- May 4, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due May 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 4cf4dafd877848a08e01f55695e8fad1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4cf4dafd877848a08e01f55695e8fad1/view
- June 9, 2026: Award notice. Notice e6df7a425964457fac2a452f70cefc4f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e6df7a425964457fac2a452f70cefc4f/view

## Points of contact

- Brian Lind, brian.lind@nih.gov
- Tonia Alexander, tonia.alexander@nih.gov, 0000000000

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