Vitrobot Vitrification Robot and Clipping Accessories

The National Institutes of Health intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to FEI Company for a Thermo Fisher Scientific Vitrobot vitrification system and associated accessories. The system will be used for structural biology research on Ribonucleic Acid (RNA), ribonucleoprotein complexes, and protein–RNA interactions relevant to human health and disease. The requested purchase also includes specialized accessories required for cryo-EM grid preparation workflows. • The Vitrobot vitrification system provides automated and reproducible preparation of cryo-EM grids by precisely controlling environmental parameters. • The instrument enables consistent preparation of high-quality cryo-EM specimens necessary for structural studies performed on cryo-electron microscopes within the NIH cryo-EM facilities. • The requested purchase includes grid assembly tools and cryo-EM grid handling equipment required for compatibility with automated cryo-electron microscope autoloader systems.