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Recovery and Re-Energization of Bruker 14T MRI Magnet

ID: NINDS03350 • Type: Special Notice • Match:  85%
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Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's leading medical research agency and the primary
Federal agency conducting and supporting medical discoveries that improve people's health and save
lives. The Mouse Imaging Facility (MIF) was established in 1999 as a shared resource dedicated to
providing access to modern radiological imaging methods optimized for studying mice (and other animals)
and developing state-of-the-art anatomical, functional and molecular imaging techniques for the entire
intramural NIH community. Currently, the MIF imaging resources include magnetic resonance imagers
(MRI), microcomputed tomography (Micro CT), optical imaging including bioluminescence and
f luorescence, high f requency ultrasound with photoacoustics imaging, other animal physiologic monitoring
equipment. The MIF has considerable technical expertise in animal imaging. The MIF mission requires
that all imaging equipment be in optimum working order for maximum use by NIH researchers. The 14T
magnet was used for imaging nearly 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, so its quench has had a
signif icant impairment to ongoing studies that were started before January 20, 2025. It is imperative to
restore the 14T magnet for imaging for studies that are currently delayed.
The objective is to bring the magnet back online for use as quickly as possible. Failure to procure these
services will result in continued disruption of ongoing research, possible loss of NIH investment in
research resources currently involved in the ongoing studies, and an inability to complete ongoing
imaging studies that began before January 20, 2025. This request falls under the category of instrument
maintenance and service and ongoing research experiments. Order relates to ongoing research
experiments that began before January 20, 2025, including new experiments related to studies that
began prior to January 20, 2025.

Background
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the leading medical research agency in the United States, focused on conducting and supporting medical discoveries that enhance public health.

The Mouse Imaging Facility (MIF), established in 1999, provides access to advanced radiological imaging methods for studying mice and other animals. The facility is critical for developing state-of-the-art imaging techniques for the NIH community.

The Bruker 14T MRI magnet, essential for ongoing research studies, has experienced a quench that significantly impairs research activities initiated before January 20, 2025. The objective of this contract is to restore the functionality of the magnet to minimize disruption in ongoing studies and preserve NIH investments in research resources.

Work Details
The contractor, Bruker BioSpin Corporation, will provide all necessary labor, materials, and equipment for the recovery and re-energization of the Bruker 14T MRI magnet that quenched in February 2025.

The services include preventive maintenance and restoration efforts to ensure that the magnet can be used for imaging studies that began prior to January 20, 2025. All travel, labor, materials, and related charges must be included in the purchase order price.

Bidder Requirements
Bruker BioSpin Corporation is identified as the sole source capable of fulfilling this requirement due to their status as the manufacturer of the equipment. While this notice is not a request for competitive quotes, small businesses may submit capability statements demonstrating their ability to perform the required services.

Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail)
The opportunity for recovery and re-energization of the Bruker 14T MRI magnet appears to have a closely related prior contract, 75N95B25P00087, awarded to Bruker Biospin for $14,150 (06/28/25–07/15/26). The prior award description and the current requirement both center on restoring/maintaining the same Bruker 14T MRI magnet after a quench to return it to service for ongoing NIH mouse imaging studies, suggesting the work is a continuation of instrument recovery and re-energization efforts.

Overview

Agency
National Institutes of Health (NIH) [HHS]
Response Deadline
June 2, 2026, 10:00 a.m. EDT Due in 0 Days
Posted
May 26, 2026, 1:12 p.m. EDT
Set Aside
None
NAICS
None
PSC
6640 - Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
Place of Performance
Bethesda, MD 20892 United States
Source
Open
Pricing
Fixed Price
Est. Level of Competition
Sole Source
On 5/26/26 National Institutes of Health issued Special Notice NINDS03350 for Recovery and Re-Energization of Bruker 14T MRI Magnet due 6/2/26.
Primary Contact
Name
lizak, martin   Profile
Email
martin.lizak@nih.gov
Phone
None

Secondary Contact

Name
brenda klauberg   Profile
Email
klaunbeb@ninds.nih.gov
Phone
None

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Additional Details

Source Agency Hierarchy
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF > NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
FPDS Organization Code
7529-7529
Source Organization Code
100019747
Last Updated
May 26, 2026
Last Updated By
hairstonr@od.nih.gov
Archive Date
June 3, 2026