NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE – PHILIPS HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS

This acquisition is for maintenance of ultrasound systems (Philips Epiq7) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) NHLBI, Division of Intramural Research.

•            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: 26-003185

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 Philips Healthcare Informatics, located at 4430 Rosewood Dr. STE 200, Pleasanton, CA 94588, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide ultrasound maintenance to the National Institutes of Health.

Philips Healthcare Medical Systems is the sole source of factory

authorized support for the cardiac imaging system, Epiq7

Echocardiography system. The highly technical and proprietary

nature of echocardiography imaging systems results in Philips

as the only company with manufacturer authorized field service

engineers that has access to authorized training, replacement

parts, remote network diagnostics, and latest software upgrades

necessary to maintain this system. The annual maintenance

agreement provides telephone and on-site customer support for

system unscheduled and scheduled maintenance.

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 March 10, 2026 at 10am EST.