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- Solicitation number
- NOI-OD-26-003452
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This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract for biorepository repository services to support the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. The acquisition seeks fixed price purchase order services from Precision for Medicine, located at 8425 Precision Way, Frederick, MD 21701, for the storage and maintenance of 10 government-owned freezers (2 chest and 8 upright units) in a highly controlled environment. The services include specimen processing, storage, management, monitoring, inventory, and retrieval of critical research samples. Precision for Medicine is CAP-certified and provides secure, temperature-controlled, monitored storage with onsite capacity exceeding 100,000,000 specimens, backup generators, redundant HVAC systems, 24/7/365 monitoring, web-based reporting, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 certifications, and 21 CFR 11 compliance.
The NIH justifies the sole source award under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1)), citing that changing storage solutions would risk contamination or degradation of 30+ years of accumulated samples. The product service code is Q999 (Medical - Professional: Other) with NAICS code 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services), and the place of performance is Bethesda, Maryland. Interested parties may submit comments or identify alternative capabilities by March 26, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST to Huda Malik, Contract Specialist, at huda.malik@nih.gov. The government retains sole discretion to determine whether to compete the requirement based on responses received.
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The purpose of this acquisition is to procure repository services for the Department of Transfusion Medicine. These services include the storage and maintenance of Government-owned freezers which currently includes 10 freezers (2 chest freezers and 8 upright freezers) in a highly maintained environment, into which the Dept. will store, monitor, inventory and retrieve samples.
| • | Product Service Code: Q999 Medical – Professional: Other |
| • | NAICS Code: 541380 – Testing Laboratories and Services |
| • | Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA |
POTS: 26-003452
Description:
This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Precision for Medicine, located at 8425 Precision Way, Frederick, MD 21701, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis for biorepository processing and storage services.
Precision for Medicine is a College of American Pathologists (CAP)-certified biorepository providing specimen processing, storage, management, logistics, and distribution of critical research specimens. They provide biospecimen storage and bioprocessing helping in both cost and quality. They provide flexible and scalable services meeting storage needs and provide secure, temperature-controlled, and monitored off-site storage of the collected biologics.
The facility has 1) Onsite storage capacity of more than 100,000,000 specimens; 2) Backup generators and redundant HVAC systems; 3) 24/7/365 monitoring system and alarm response 4) On-demand web-based reporting; 5) ISO 9001:2008, ISO:13485:2003, CAP accredited, 21 CFR 11-compliant. This requirement is for continued storage using an existing repository. It may be detrimental to the government to attempt to change storage solutions and introduce the risk of contamination or degradation of 30+ years of samples by moving or partially thawing the samples.
This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.
Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Huda Malik, Contract Specialist via email to huda.malik@nih.gov by March 26, 2026, at 12pm EST.
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