NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE – PREMIER HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS

This acquisition is for the Healthcare Database License renewal at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Critical Care Medicine Department.

•            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: 26-000147

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 Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc., located at 13024 Ballantyne Corporate Pl, Charlotte, NC 28277, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide the Healthcare Database License renewal at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Critical Care Medicine Department.

Premier is the only vendor that can supply the necessary data needed for the outcomes research planned within the Critical Care Medicine Department. There are urgent studies that will directly impact the care of patients with critical illness which needs very topical and near-real-time data, which is possible through this data source.

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 February 3rd, 2026 at 12pm EST.