Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract to Vizgen, Inc. for proprietary MERSCOPE kits and gene panels needed to perform spatial transcriptomic experiments on ovary sections for the National Institute on Aging. The contract value will not exceed $7 million. The justification for non-competitive procurement is that Vizgen is the only manufacturer of kits compatible with the specific MERSCOPE platform in use. The government is not obligated to award a contract based on responses to this notice.