Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Karl Storz
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 26-007440
- 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 award to Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Inc. by July 22, 2026, to supply one OR1 CollaboratOR Lite integrator to replace equipment that has reached the end of its useful life. The acquisition is being conducted as a simplified purchase under FAR Part 13, with sole-source justification based on Karl Storz's exclusive ability to support the integration system. The firm fixed price purchase order will be awarded to Karl Storz at 2151 E Grand Ave, El Segundo, California 90245. Work is performed at the NIH Clinical Center Department of Perioperative Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. The notice is not a request for quotation and no solicitation document will be issued. Interested parties may submit comments referencing posting number 26-007440 to the Clinical Center Office of Purchasing and Contracts prior to the closing date; the Government retains sole discretion to compete the requirement based on responses received.
Notice text
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Department of Perioperative Medicine (DPM) is requesting the purchase of an updated integrator to replace the integrator that has reach the end of its useful life.
• 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: 26-007440
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 Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Inc., located at 2151 E Grand Ave, El Segundo, CA 90245, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide one OR1 CollaboratOR Lite (PN WUISK23) to the National Institutes of Health CC, DPM. Karl Storz is the only company that can support its integration system making them the sole 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 July 22, 2026 at 12pm EST.
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