SAM #26-000804

NIH Sole Source Notice: Beckman Coulter Vi-Cell MetaFlex Solution Pack and Sensor Cassette

This notice announces the NIH Clinical Center's intent to award a sole source contract to Beckman Coulter for specialized laboratory consumables. - Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Department of Health and Human Services - Procurement Type: Sole source, firm fixed price purchase order - Vendor: Beckman Coulter - Products: Vi-Cell MetaFlex Solution Pack and Sensor Cassette - Used for monitoring pH, pO2, pCO2, glucose, lactate, and electrolytes in cell culture media - Essential for CAR-T cell manufacturing and other cell/tissue-based clinical protocols - Justification: Beckman Coulter is the only source capable of providing these specific consumables - Product Service Code: 6515 (Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies) - NAICS Code: 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) - Place of Performance: NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD 20892 - No part numbers or quantities specified in the notice - No competition anticipated; opportunity for interested parties to respond is limited

Description

This acquisition is for the Vi-Cell MetaFlex Solution Pack and Sensor Cassette for development and manufacture of human cells and tissue-based products utilized in clinical protocols for transplantation, adoptive immunotherapy and gene therapy conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 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: 26-000804

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 Beckman Coulter, located at Via Roma 108, Cassina De’ Peccchi, Mi 20051, Italy, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide clinical supplies to the National Institutes of Health.

The proposed vendor, Beckman Coulter, is the only source available to provide these required supplies to NIH, which evaluate the important parameters, pH, pO2, pCO2, glucose, lactate and electrolytes in cell culture media of CAR-T cell to control and monitor the environment in cell manufacture and culture.

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 May 1, 2026 at 10am EST.

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