Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Waters Technologies Corporation
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 26-009370
- Agency
-
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 a fixed-price purchase order to Waters Technologies Corporation for a Waters/TA Instruments Discovery Core Rheometer, with a response deadline of September 1, 2026. This acquisition is not subject to competition requirements under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as the contracting officer determined only one source reasonably available based on investigation of direct and distributor purchasing channels, with Waters offering the most competitive price. The rheometer will be delivered to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland for use by the Center for Interventional Oncology. Interested parties may submit capability statements or expressions of interest; however, the Government reserves discretion to proceed with sole-source award regardless of responses received. The acquisition is classified under NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC 6515 (Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies).
Notice text
This acquisition is for is for a Waters/TA Instruments Discovery Core Rheometer (DCR), a compact rotational, oscillatory, and transient rheometer with integrated Peltier temperature control for use at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Center for Interventional Oncology.
• 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: 26-009370
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 Waters Technologies Corporation, located at 34 Maple St, Milford, MA 01757, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide the required instrument to the National Institutes of Health. The Discovery Core Rheometer is available directly from Waters/TA Instruments and through Fisher Scientific; both purchasing sources were investigated. Waters/TA offered more competitive price.
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 1, 2026 at 1pm EST.
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