Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Carestream Health
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 25-008947
- 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 (NIH) Clinical Center has published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for maintenance renewal services on four Carestream Lux35 Glassless Wireless Detectors used in their General X-ray Section within the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. The NIH intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Carestream Health, located in Rochester, New York, without competition under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This special notice was posted on July 24, 2025, and falls under Product Service Code 6515 for Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies with NAICS code 339112 for Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing. The work will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland at the NIH Clinical Center facility.
The purpose of this sole source procurement is to secure maintenance services for proprietary medical equipment that can only be serviced by certified Carestream engineers, making Carestream Health the only reasonably available source. The acquisition is conducted under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, which exempts the contract from standard competition requirements. Interested parties may submit comments expressing their interest and capabilities to Contract Specialist Kristin Nagashima via email at Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by the August 14, 2025 deadline at 3:00 PM EST. However, the government retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the requirement based on any responses received. No solicitation document will be issued and quotations are not being requested at this time, as this serves only as advance notice of the intended sole source award.
Notice text
The General X-ray Section in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires the procurement of maintenance renewal on four (4) Carestream Lux35 Glassless Wireless Detectors.
• 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: 25-008947
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 Carestream Health, located at 150 Verona St, Rochester, NY 14608, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide maintenance renewal on four Lux35 glassless wireless detectors to the National Institutes of Health.
Below is a description of the item(s):
Description: Maintenance renewal on four Lux35 glassless wireless detectors
Units: Each
Qty: 4
Catalog #: N/A
The proposed vendor, Carestream Health, is the only source available to provide maintenance for the proprietary detectors, which can only be performed by certified Carestream engineers.
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 August 14, 2025 at 3pm EST.
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