NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE – BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

This acquisition is for a BD 3-year service contract for two sets of BD Lyse/Wash Assistants (LWAs) and one set of BD FACSMelody cell sorter at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Cellular Engineering (CCE) at the Clinical Center (CC).

•             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: 26-005428

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 Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), located at 155 N McCarthy Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide the service contract to the National Institutes of Health. Only BD can cover preventive maintenance and support emergency servicing, the quality of product required (per FDA) for ongoing protocols and the urgency of the requirement necessity sole sourcing this requirement to BD and limiting competition.

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 June 4, 2026 at 12pm EST.