NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE SENIOR BIOLOGIST

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.