Intent to Sole Source - Extended Support Renewal for Dell Unity 400
Open Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- NOI-OLAO-CC-27-000184
- 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
- 33411 Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
- PSC
- 9999 Miscellaneous Items
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The NIH Clinical Center intends to negotiate a sole-source award to CDW Government for renewal of maintenance on an existing Dell Unity 400 subsystem, and it will consider capability statements from other responsible sources through 12:00 PM Eastern on November 14, 2026. The notice cites 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, stating that only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements, and no set-aside is used. Support is for the Clinical Center's Bethesda, Maryland campus, with software patches and packages delivered to Building 10, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, attention Mr. Testi Sherif. The attached SOW, as summarized in the government file, sets a period of performance from November 19, 2026, through December 18, 2027, requires updated software patches and packages as released to the general public, and states that no government-furnished equipment is required. Interested sources submit capability statements by email to valerie.gregorio@nih.gov with the subject line referencing NOI-OLAO-CC-27-000184. The government retains sole discretion to forgo competition based on responses received.
Notice text
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (NIH-CC) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with the following vendor: CDW Government.
Acquisition Description:
The NIH Clinical Center (CC) is a 234-bed federally funded, biomedical research hospital located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The Clinical Center is the delivery setting for all NIH intramural clinical research protocols. The hospital complex consists of two main facilities that are connected to each other by “bridges”. The original 14-story building is 2.5 million square feet and continues to house the clinical laboratories, imaging sciences, surgical suites, and several outpatient clinics. The new 870,000 square foot facility houses inpatient units and day hospitals. The Clinical Center accounts for about half of all NIH-funded clinical research beds in the United States and accommodates about 7,000 inpatient and 70,000 outpatient visits a year. Patients are admitted to the NIH Clinical Center from all over the world for the sole purpose of participating in a clinical research protocol.
This is for the renewal of maintenance for existing Dell Unity 400 subsystem.
The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide the required may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-OLAO-CC-27-000184) by 12:00 PM eastern standard time on 11/14/2026 to: valerie.gregorio@nih.gov.
All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SOW_unity.docx | DOCX document |
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