PHI landar statligt avtal i USA

En underavdelning inom U.S. Department of Health & Human Services beställer HoloMonitor + programvara + licenser + på-plats-installation + 3 dagars utbildning + 1 års service och underhållsavtal.

Det handlar om Intramural Research Program.(IRP) En avd hos National Institute on Aging.(NIA)
Och specifikt detta labb.Notera antalet forskare.

Institutet beskriver sin verksamhet enligt följande :
The Intramural Research Program (IRP) in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is comprised of eight scientific laboratories, the Translational Gerontology Branch, and ten core facilities.
The research program has three main focus areas: Neuroscience, Aging Biology and Translational Gerontology. IRP scientists conduct research in many different disciplines that range from basic science to clinical research and epidemiology. Medical problems, which typically affect older persons, are studied in depth using the tools of modern laboratory and clinical research, with a translational perspective. The central focus of our research is understanding age-related changes in physiology and the ability to adapt to environmental stress.

Ur avtalet :

Laser Holographic Microscopy Instrument

Solicitation Number: HHS-NIH-NIDA-OA-19-010401-CSS

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: National Institutes of Health
Location: National Institute on Drug Abuse

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) for a Laser Holographic Microscopy Instrument, Holomonitor® Model M4 XYZ manufactured by Phase Holographic Imaging PHI Inc., 265 Franklin Street, Suite 1702, Boston, MA 02110.

The National Institute of Aging (NIA) Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science (LCS) is investigating the possibility of a "little brain" in the heart.
The neurons of cardiac ganglia of the heart may have the potential to change cells that it comes into contact with.
We want to see these interactions through the use of live cell imaging via a microscope that is capable of time lapse in a temperature-controlled environment.
The research will isolate primary cardiac ganglia from rodent hearts and co-cultured with other cell types to see how the morphology changes in the presence of the freshly isolated neurons.
While the cells are grown in in a temperature-controlled environment (incubator), NIA will create time lapse images of the cultures to track individual cells and to study cell to cell interactions, including movement, morphology changes and cell number.
In the conduct of this research, a Laser Holographic Microscopy Instrument is needed with the capability to observe the cells for long durations (possibly up to 3 weeks) and have a motorized stage that can observe multiple plates and multiple areas of each plate, with an automatic zoom.
The Laser Holographic Microscopy Instrument include: Product Description: Holomonitor® Model M4 XYZ. Quantity: 1 each; (2) Software: Studio Pro (open analyzing multiple parameters) (single cell tracking, scatter plots, Morphology parameters, Wound healing assay, multiple analysis parameters).Quantity: 2 licenses; and (3) On-site installation, 3-days of User training 3 days, and 1-year service and maintenance.

Contracting Office Address:

6001 Executive Boulevard
Room 4211, MSC 9559
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9559
United States

Place of Performance:

National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
United States

Primary Point of Contact.:

Debra C. Hawkins,

Acquisition Policy Analyst II

Min kommentar
Detta kan kallas genombrottsorder i dess rätta bemärkelse.Att få in en fot i ett amerikanskt statligt departement väger tungt,mycket tungt.Eftersom NIA lagt ut denna beställning via amerikanska The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition,alltså ett statligt inköpsorgan får vi info att NIA själva sökt upp vilket företag som kan leverera det man specificerat. PHI alltså.
Värt att notera att denna beställning av 2 HoloMonitor till enbart 1 av institutets 8 forskningsavdelningar i Baltimore kan ge uppföljningsordrar.

NIA sorterar under National Institute of Health (NIH) vilket kan berätta att det finns 26 st institut till att se som potential till sälj.
"The NIH is composed of 27 Institutes and Centers. Each Institute or Center has its own specific research agenda and administrates its own budget. All but three receive their funding directly from Congress.  
The NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) comprises intramural programs embedded in 24 of the NIH Institutes and Centers and located on one or more of the NIH campuses. (OBS)

Glädjande är att etableringen av PHI,s dotterbolag i USA i Boston ger ett sådant resultat.
Bloggen gissar att denna etablering har betydelse för amerikanska nationella instituts intresse att göra affärer.
Kan vara nationella riktlinjer som avgör om departement inom amerikanska staten får/vill upphandla,att motpart har en egen fysisk närvaro i landet.
Hursom,denna affär är absolut en dörröppnare till fler statliga instutioner i USA.
Har 1 institut redan gjort affär är vägen öppen för andra att följa.
Utöver detta är denna affär en stark och tydlig signal till bjässarna i branschen att PHI klarar att passera det amerikanska statliga "nålsögat" på egna meriter. En kvalitetsstämpel av finaste valör.

Denna nyhet som bloggen grävt fram kanske förekommer ett PM från Bolaget vilket ev kan ge lite tandgnissel hos PHI,s marknadsavdelning (sorry).Men eftersom informationen finns offentligt ute på nätet kan undertecknad omöjligt undvika att publicera den.
Ni bloggläsare får alltså en preview av en av PHI,s största händelser någonsin. (bloggens subjektiva åsikt).
Bloggen tippar att när denna info når hela investerarmarknaden kommer det bli bra tryck i handeln.

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