Blood Bank Control System Server System IBM Hardware and Software Support Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 25-006992
- Agency
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NIH Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States
- Points of contact
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- Shasheshe Goolsby shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov (301) 827-4879
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, intends to award a sole-source contract for Blood Bank Control System Server System IBM Hardware and Software Support Services to Manage Inc. The services involve supporting the BBCS/ABO Suites application, a comprehensive blood bank software system that manages donor and transfusion services, including recruitment, blood collection, inventory control, donor testing, and quality assurance for the NIH Blood Bank. The blood bank operates under FDA licensing and American Association of Blood Banks accreditation to collect blood components for patient transfusions and research purposes. The acquisition will be conducted under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, which allows for sole-source procurement when only one source is reasonably available. Interested parties may submit capability statements to Shasheshe Goolsby at shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by noon EST on July 11, 2025.
This procurement has no set-aside designation and identifies Manage Inc. as both the intended awardee and the only known source capable of providing the required support services. Manage Inc. is described as the sole service provider for this proprietary software system that operates on IBM Power9 servers with PowerHA and failover capabilities. The contract will be structured as a fixed-price agreement with a twelve-month base year for continuation of existing services. The work will be performed at the Clinical Center located at 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, with the specific room to be determined. The procurement falls under NAICS code 513210 (Software Publishers) with small business size standards of $47 million in average annual receipts, though this appears to be a sole-source award to the incumbent contractor.
Notice text
Blood Bank Control System Server System IBM Hardware and Software Support Services
- Product Service Code: DB02- IT and Telecom - Computer Support Services
- NAICS Code: 513210- Software Publishers (Small Business Size Standards $47M Average Annual Receipts)
- Place of Performance: Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Room TBD, Bethesda, MD 20892
POTS: 25-006992
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) Clinical Center Office of Purchasing and Contracts on behalf of the Department of Transfusion Medicine intends to award a fixed price contract for a twelve (12) month base year to Manage Inc. for continuation of Blood Bank Control System Server System IBM Hardware and Software Support Services.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blood Bank is managed by the NIH Clinical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine (CC/DTM). The NIH Blood Bank collects blood and blood components for transfusion to NIH patients and collects blood components for laboratory use by NIH researchers. The NIH Blood Bank is licensed by the Food and Drug Administration and accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks as a blood donor center and transfusion service. Blood Bank Control System ABO Suites is a comprehensive blood bank software application that aids in the management of donor and transfusion services. The software is designed to assist personnel in recruitment, blood collection services, inventory control, donor testing, shipping/receiving transfusion services, reference laboratory and quality assurance.
Manage Incorporated is the only known source capable of providing support services for the BBCS/ABO application, that reside on IBM Power9 servers and includes PowerHA and the ability to failover to another site. Manage Incorporated is the sole service provider of this proprietary software. Therefore, the only known source with the level of expertise and knowledge to maintain and support the BBCS/ABO Suites server/application.
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 by submitting their capability statements 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 on the email subject line, may be submitted to the CC, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Shasheshe Goolsby, Lead Contract Specialist, shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by noon 12:00 pm EST and the due date July 11, 2025 and time marked in this notice.
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