6640--650-26-3-871-0394: IonOptix Vibrating Microtome - HCR (VA-26-00070200)

This pre‑solicitation notice announces the Department of Veterans Affairs’ intent to award a sole‑source contract for a Campden 9000SMZ vibrating microtome and its tissue‑bath cooler to IonOptix LLC. The equipment will support the VA Providence Cardiac Slice System, enabling ex‑vivo myocardial tissue preparation for mechanistic research on cardiac and pulmonary disease affecting veterans. The procurement is justified under FAR 6.302.1 because no other source can satisfy the requirement. • Vendor: IonOptix LLC (sole source) – provides advanced scientific instrumentation. • Scope: Purchase of a vibrating microtome (Campden 9000SMZ) plus a tissue‑bath cooler (Campden 7610B). • Delivery: To VA Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave., Building 8, Warehouse, Providence, RI 02908. • Deadline: Responses due by 10:00 a.m. EST on 4 September 2026.