# SAM #75N98027Q00041

NIH Seeks Maintenance for UM Blaze Light Sheet Microscope

**Buyer:** NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations
**Posted:** October 28, 2026
**Respond By:** November 09, 2026
**Identifier:** 75N98027Q00041
**NAICS:** 811210, 811219

The National Institutes of Health seeks maintenance to keep NINDS’s UM Blaze light sheet microscope available for research use.
- **Government buyer:** National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Department of Intramural Research, Flow and Imaging Cytometry Core Facility.
- **System:** UM Blaze/Choros Ess. Serv. Light Sheet Microscope.
- **Services requested:** One scheduled maintenance visit within 12 months, phone support, routine inspection, replacement of wearing parts, repairs with necessary parts and labor, and standard device software updates during preventive maintenance.
- **OEM/vendor:** No manufacturer or service vendor is named in the provided information.
- **Notable requirement:** The service is for the facility’s existing microscope system and is intended to help keep it operational for research.

### Description

<p>Requirements:</p>

<p>Service maintenance for UM Blaze Microscope for the Flow and Imaging Cytometry Core Facility to ensure the device remains operation and performs in accordance with its original equipment manufacturers.</p>

<p>The Core Facility&rsquo;s Blaze UM Light Sheet Microscope system is for imaging large or multiple cleared samples. This system must be operational when needed to support the time-phased aspects of ongoing experiments and research across Department of Intramural Research in NINDS.</p>

<p>&middot; Contractor will provide One (1) scheduled maintenance visit per year for UM &nbsp;&nbsp;Blaze/Choros Ess. Serv. within 12 months.</p>

<p>&middot; Phone support</p>

<p>&middot; Routine inspection and replacement of wearing parts</p>

<p>&middot; Repair services</p>

<p>&middot; Allocation of parts and labor for all necessary repairs</p>

<p>&middot; Standard device software updates during preventive maintenance</p>

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