RFI for Digital Pathology Supplies - Presolicitation

The National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is seeking information to identify vendors capable of providing digital pathology supplies. The agency needs a system to modernize its pathology workflows by converting physical specimens into high-quality digital assets. This presolicitation serves as a market research tool to locate qualified United States-based organizations before issuing a formal solicitation. The requested system must be capable of scanning standard seventy-five by twenty-five millimeter glass microscope slides and converting them into digital images. The equipment must provide forty-times magnification with high-resolution image capture to ensure precise diagnostic quality. Additionally, the system must support automatic focusing for the digitization of slide materials. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to participate in this market research. The selected vendor will perform the required work offsite. The agency is currently looking for proposals to establish budget expectations and has not disclosed a specific funding range or key deadlines in this initial request for information.