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Scientific Automated -80°C Ultra-Low Temperature (ULT) Freezer System Sources Sought Notice # PCA-NHLBI-03869 Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Acquisitions, OA Office of the Director, OD 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 537-S, Bethesda, MD, 20892. Introduction This is a notice issued on behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Acquisitions, OA Office of the Director, OD, DHHS, UNITED STATES. This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice . This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to seek the availability and capability of small business concerns, including 8(a) small business and/or small qualified small business concerns [including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Woman-owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Businesses, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB] that are interested in and capable of performing the work described in the statement of work. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. Background The National Institutes of Health, Office of Acquisitions, OA, Office of the Director, OD is seeking small businesses with the ability to provide an Automated -80°C Ultra-Low Temperature (ULT) Freezer System for National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). STATEMENT OF NEED: Establishing a new laboratory facility for the NHLBI Biospecimen Core that includes a state-of-the-art automated -80°C biospecimen freezer is a strategic step to strengthen biospecimen stewardship and increase the value of these resources across the DIR scientific ecosystem. The upgraded space will expand the Core's capacity to deliver high-quality biospecimen handling, processing, banking, storage, and distribution in support of all NHLBI Division of Intramural Research (DIR) programs. A primary objective is to centralize biospecimen processing and storage to streamline workflows and reduce duplication across DIR laboratories. The Core currently supports about 60 labs conducting 150 clinical trials and manages roughly 35,000 biospecimens linked to 7,700 participant visits each year. It also provides continuous oversight of more than 300 manual freezers and 200 temperature probes across the Bethesda campus, along with backup storage when needed. Automated -80°C ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers offer secure, high-capacity, technology-enabled storage and retrieval. By maintaining a stable -80°C environment for long-term preservation of materials such as blood products (including serum and plasma), cells, DNA, RNA, other bodily fluids (such as urine), and tissues (including bone marrow), these systems protect sample…

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