The agency posted this for awareness. It's not a solicitation, so you can't respond with a bid.
The NIH needs a small business to provide single-use bronchoscopes for its Critical Care Medicine Department.
Key Details
The NIH needs single-use bronchoscopes for its Critical Care Medicine Department. The purchase is necessary to maintain the ability to provide emergent and diagnostic bronchoscopy in the ICU on adult and pediatric patients within the Clinical Center.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
This is a one-time purchase on a firm fixed price sole source award basis.
- How will they pick the winner?
The NIH intends to award the contract to Disorb Systems, Inc. because they are the only source available to provide the required supplies.
- When and how do you bid?
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.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience with medical instrument manufacturing
- Has done work for the federal government before
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov
- Write a 1-page summary of similar work you've done before
- Email the contracting officer to RSVP for the site visit (there is no site visit)