NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE – PROAIM AMERICAS, LLC

This acquisition is for required ENT equipment for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) smell and taste procedure 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: 25-010128

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 Proaim Americas, LLC, located at 16024 Manchester Rd, STE 200, Ellisville, Missouri, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide ENT equipment to the National Institutes of Health.

Below is a description of the item(s):

Description: BASIC PLUS Flat Top
Catalog #: OTO 200331

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Extra powerful & silent double piston surgery pump w/suction amplifier
Catalog #: OTO 100105

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Footswitch instead of on/off switch for vacuum function
Catalog #: OTO 899999-1

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: SIT MAX one
Catalog #: OTO 101260

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Button lock for manual chair rotation
Catalog #: OTO 101231

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Headrest adjustable
Catalog #: OTO 100634

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Mobility on castors w/electric lower & rise function
Catalog #: OTO 101215

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: 40cm lifting range
Catalog #: OTO 101215

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Doctor's chair belmont
Catalog #: OTO 100640

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: PES PILOT HDpro 15.6"
Catalog #: OTO 350035

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Stroboscope function for PES Pilot HDpro 15.6"
Catalog #: OTO 350032

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Performance package for PES Pilot HDpro
Catalog #: OTO 350081

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Integration of Olympus Videoscope
Catalog #: OTO 899999

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Connector for the chip-on-the-tip nasopharyngoscope to PES Pilot HDpro VN-S
Catalog #: OTO 350040

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Basic package for DICOM integration
Catalog #: OTO 740200

Units: Each

Qty: 1

Description: Warranty 1 Year
Catalog #: 3PWRNTY

Units: Each

Qty: 1

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 11, 2025 at 12pm EST.