MountainSide Innovations, LLC. � Poleless Entry Nonhuman Primate Chairs for Training and Electrophysiology
National Institutes of Health · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA
Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.
Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NIMH-25-004643 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 15, 2025 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Sep 30, 2025Award NoticeMountainSide Innovations, LLC · $30KOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
Background The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Laboratory of Neuropsychology investigates fundamental brain functions such as reward-motivated behaviors. We seek to understanding the circuitry responsible for evaluating options and making decisions. By expanding and refining genetic techniques first used in rodents, our group has developed new tools for nonhuman primates. This purchase will allow us to apply these new optogenetic tools. It will lead to a deeper understanding of the neural circuitry underlying reward, and provide new insights relevant to psychological health and diso… (show all)
rders. Purpose The purpose of this purchase is to procure an optical stimulation array for implantation in nonhuman primates, along with the matching driver circuitry. Project Requirements See Attached Statement of Work for details. Delivery Requirements/Period of Performance Base Period: September 30, 2025 to September 29, 2026 Place of Performance The place of performance shall be the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 Contract Type The Government intends to issue a firm fixed price purchase order for this requirement. Invoicing shall be in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act and payment shall be made via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Response Format Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror�s capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the salient characteristics of the product. The offeror must identify in their response where parts/equipment are manufactured. The offeror must indicate in their response as to whether the brand-name or equal product proposed can or cannot meet the salient characteristics as stated in this combined solicitation synopsis. In addition, the quote must provide their company name, Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.� TECHNICAL PROPOSAL Offerors may provide up to 20, 8.5 by 11-inch pages (using no less than 10 font size) as their proposal to be evaluated by the Source Evaluation Panel. The technical submission will address the Statement of Work and be responsive to the attached evaluation factors. The 20-page technical submission limitation does not include and is in addition to the pages relating to relevant resume credentials and the price proposal. Technical submission pages in excess of this page limitation will not be considered. COST/PRICE PROPOSAL The cost/price proposal must be completed to include all costs related to the Statement of Work, including the hourly, daily and monthly rates, as appropriate, and all direct and indirect costs for the base and option years. The cost/price proposal shall be submitted in the Microsoft Excel format. LEVEL OF EFFORT The following is only an estimate. Offerors are advised to carefully review the requirement in deriving the level of effort they believe are necessary to provide their best value proposal. You are not bound to propose using the below assumptions. Rather, offerors are expected to provide the best solution citing the labor mix and quantity required to accomplish the tasks. The following data as a basis for estimating the potential volume of referrals for each proposed site (adjust for your own circumstances, with justification): -Assume an average of 900 autopsies/yr. will result in approximately 100 case referrals/year. -Provide an estimate of the number of annual referrals that may meet the inclusion criteria in the Statement of Work and include this information as part of your Technical Proposal (explain how it was calculated). As a basis for preparing cost proposals, the Government estimates the following level of effort to provide these services, per site: -Up to 460 hrs. effort, per year, per site, to provide all contract services (i.e., referrals, extractions, and for other contract communications and administration); -It is anticipated that this effort should accommodate a wide range of contract services and volumes of referrals and extractions. -This estimate is not a requirement, and the offeror can propose differences, with justification. EVALUATION The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. See Evaluation Criteria attachment for details. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price. Technical are significantly more important than cost or price (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer�s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.� ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html (End of provision) The following provisions apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Nov 2024) FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Sep 2023) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (May 2024) FAR 52.222-52, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Certification (May 2014) HHSAR 352.239-73, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Notice (December 18, 2015) The clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Re
Who won similar work
13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (National Institutes of Health), same industry group (NAICS 3391).
Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $99.0M to $99.0M, median $99.0M; range $71K to $99.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE STRONGHOLD GROUP LLC · $PWR · $20.9B | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| DEMETECH CORPORATION | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| NEW YORK EMBROIDERY STUDIO, INC. | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| ATLANTIC TRADING LLC | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| PRESTIGE AMERITECH LTD | 1 | $99.0M | Jan 8, 2025 |
| HISCOMP LLC | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| O&M Halyard, Inc | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| MACLEAN-PANEFFORT, LLC | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| 3M COMPANY | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
| USA CAPITAL FUND LLC | 1 | $99.0M | Dec 6, 2024 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $PWR reported $20.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 13 past awards, $99.0M, is 0.5% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Jun 30, 2026IRADIMED CORPORATION$71K66--Purchase Order for One (1) Dual MRI Infusion SysteMateriality: 0.10% of $IRMD revenue (Low) SEC
- Jan 8, 2025PRESTIGE AMERITECH LTD$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024HISCOMP LLC$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024MACLEAN-PANEFFORT, LLC$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024MERROW MANUFACTURING LLC$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024NEW YORK EMBROIDERY STUDIO, INC.$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024ATLANTIC TRADING LLC$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024THE STRONGHOLD GROUP LLC$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseMateriality: 0.47% of $PWR revenue (Low) SEC
- Dec 6, 2024USA CAPITAL FUND LLC$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 6, 2024O&M Halyard, Inc$99.0MPPE NIH Wide Requirement with potential HHS UseNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.