Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Boston Scientific
Open Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 27-000581
- 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
- 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Maryland 20892, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center issued a notice of intent to sole-source an emergency procurement of interventional lab supplies from Boston Scientific Scimed on October 26, 2026. The acquisition covers vascular balloon catheters, ablation probes, and microcatheters required to maintain adequate stock levels for ongoing and upcoming vascular and endovascular procedures at NIH CC in Bethesda, Maryland. The contracting officer determined that the product required for the diagnostic procedure is available from only one source, supporting the sole-source award under FAR Part 13 simplified acquisition procedures for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. This procurement is exempt from FAR Part 6 competition requirements. The award will be issued as a fixed-price purchase order to Boston Scientific Scimed, located at 2 Scimed Place, Maple Grove, Minnesota. Interested parties may submit comments referencing the posting number to the NIH Clinical Center Office of Purchasing and Contracts to identify their interest and capabilities, though the Government retains sole discretion to proceed with the sole-source award or otherwise.
Notice text
Emergency procurement of interventional lab supplies consisting of vascular balloon catheters, ablation probes, and microcatheters, required to maintain adequate stock levels for ongoing and upcoming vascular/endovascular procedures at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC).
• Product Service Code: 6515 – Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
• NAICS Code: 339112 – Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
• Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
POTS: 27-000581
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 Boston Scientific Scimed, located at 2 Scimed Pl, Maple Grove, MN 55311, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide emergency interventional lab supplies to the National Institutes of Health. The product required for the diagnostic procedure only available from one source.
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 Kristin Nagashima, Contract Specialist via email to Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by October 26, 2026 at 11am EST.
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