Olympus BX53 Microscope and DP75 Camera

Procurement Summary

This is a requirement for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) in Ames, IA. CVB plays a vital role in regulating products that diagnose, prevent, or treat animal diseases. Their laboratory needs to acquire a light microscope to replace aging equipment that is no longer fit for its intended purpose. The requested microscope is the Olympus BX53 Microscope and DP75 Camera. The lab uses one software program, CellSens (proprietary to Evident/Olympus), to interpret image data. The manufacturer, Evident Scientific, and Authorized Resellers of Evident/Olympus products are the only known sources capable of providing these microscopes compatible with the CellSens program. Evident Scientific is located at 48 Woerd Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453 USA. Evident confirmed via email that their microscopes are manufactured in several different countries, with the BX53 being manufactured in Japan. Additionally, Evident Scientific confirmed that they had one small business reseller of this product, Alliant Enterprises, located at 2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505. The USDA proposes to enter a sole source, firm fixed price, one-time purchase order. Solicitation 12639524Q0281 was issued to Alliant Enterprises and award has not yet been made. Competition is not anticipated based on the reasoning described herein. Domestic sources were not identified in the Market Research process.

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