Personal Protective Equipment Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Compliant Gloves Delivery Contract
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75N98025R00011
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services, issued this Special Notice regarding a Personal Protective Equipment Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Compliant Gloves Delivery Contract. The notice was initially set aside for total small business participation with both a posting date and due date of July 11, 2025. The contract opportunity falls under NAICS code 339113 for Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing and PSC code 6515 for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. However, the notice concludes with a critical update that this requirement has been canceled in its entirety. The NIH indicated that additional information including Q&A responses and revised deadlines would be forthcoming, though the cancellation supersedes these previous communications.
The original purpose of this contract was to establish a 100% domestically sourced supply of American-manufactured medical and surgical grade gloves for NIH and all HHS agency customers, in compliance with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed in November 2021. The IIJA's "Make PPE in America" provision requires HHS, DHS, and VA to purchase personal protective equipment exclusively from American suppliers using 100% American-made components. The legislation mandates long-term contracts of at least two years plus option periods to encourage domestic PPE production investment and maintain supply chain resilience for national health emergencies. NIH identified an ongoing operational need for medical grade and surgical gloves to support mission-critical health research activities, noting that HHS is one of the largest government consumers of gloves for scientific research, patient care, and operational continuity. The requirement was designated as a total small business set-aside opportunity, though contractors must have been prepared to meet the stringent domestic sourcing requirements outlined in the IIJA.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The purpose of this Special Notice is to communicate current status of this acquisition.
THIS REQUIREMENT IS CANCELED IN IT'S ENTIRETY
Update #1 ·
The purpose of this Special Notice is to communicate current status of this acquisition. The Q&A will be posted soon. The due date for proposals will be extended as well as the start date of the period of performance. Please monitor sam.gov for the Q&A and any other information. We will post information as it becomes available.
The purpose of the contract is to ensure a 100% domestically sourced, American manufactured product (gloves), including 100% of all components of IIJA Compliant medical grade and surgical grade gloves to NIH and all HHS agency customers.
On November 15, 2021, the President signed The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58). In addition to authorizing funds for federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, under Section, Subtitle C of the IIJA, the “Make PPE in America”, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) are required to purchase all personal protective Equipment (PPE) from American suppliers (manufacturers and distributors) with 100 percent American-made components.
HHS, DHS, and VA are required, under IIJA, to invest in a long-term strategy to meet the needs of its workforce, through the domestic production of PPE–items critical to the US national response to a public health crisis, and sustainment of a strong and robust PPE supply chain. As part of this long-term strategy, IIJA, Section 70953 (a)(3)(b) “Requirement of Long-Term Contracts for Domestically Manufactured Personal Protective Equipment” requires that all PPE Contracts be issued for a duration of at least two years, plus all option periods necessary, to encourage investment in the production of PPE, such that 100% of the PPE, including the materials and components thereof, are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), as a component organization/sub-agency of HHS (or “The Department”) has an ongoing operational need for an array of medical grade and surgical gloves to sustain mission critical activities for health and longevity mission critical research.
The Department does not currently have an existing agency-wide IDIQ for PPE and requires one to meet multiple policy mandates as well as its own operational mission requirements. The HHS workforce is one of the largest Government consumers of gloves in its mission work for scientific research, patient care, and operational continuity.
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