Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Government Sales, LLC
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 25-007440
- Agency
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NIH Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333241 Food Product Machinery Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Bethesda 20892
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center has published a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source contract to Government Sales, LLC for a commercial pot, pan and utensil dishwasher. The equipment is specifically required for the NIH Clinical Center Nutrition Department in Bethesda, Maryland and must be custom designed to fit the existing kitchen space and layout. This notice is classified as a Total Small Business set-aside and falls under the Food Products Machinery and Equipment procurement category. The NIH intends to use Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures to justify the sole source award, as they have determined that only one source is reasonably available for this specialized equipment.
The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to inform potential contractors of NIH's intent to proceed with a sole source procurement rather than conducting a competitive solicitation process. Interested parties have until September 22, 2025 to respond and identify their interest and capabilities, though the agency emphasizes that this is not a request for quotations and no formal solicitation document will be issued. The procurement is for one Ventless Potwasher (Catalog #PP11-VHR) from Government Sales, LLC, located in Morehead City, North Carolina. Eligibility is open to small businesses, and the contracting approach falls under the simplified acquisition threshold, which exempts the procurement from standard competition requirements. The NIH reserves the right to proceed with the sole source award regardless of responses received to this notice.
Notice text
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires a commercial pot, pan and utensil dish washer which is customed designed to fit the current space and layout of the existing nutrition kitchen at the NIH Clinical Center Nutrition Department.
• Product Service Code: 3605 – Food Products Machinery and Equipment
• NAICS Code: 333241– Food Product Machinery Manufacturing
• Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
POTS: 25-007440
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 Government Sales LLC, located at 4644 Arendell St STE A, Morehead City, NC 28557, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide a commercial pot, pan and utensil dish washer to the National Institutes of Health.
Below is a description of the item(s):
Description: Ventless Potwasher
Catalog #: PP11-VHR
Units: Each
Qty: 1
The proposed vendor, Government Sales, LLC, is the only source available to provide the commercial pot, pan and utensil dish washer customed designed to fit current space and layout of the existing nutrition kitchen.
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 September 22, 2025 at 5pm EST.
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