NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE – GOVERNMENT SALES, LLC

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.