SAM #NOI-CC-OLAO-26-007240

Annual Membership Renewal with Maryland Hospital Association (MHA) for NIH Clinical Center

This notice announces the NIH Clinical Center's intent to renew its annual membership with the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA) for 2025 on a sole source basis. - Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center - Vendor/OEM: Maryland Hospital Association Inc. (MHA) - Service: Annual membership renewal for 2025 - Includes advocacy, education, leadership, and access to programs/resources for Maryland hospitals - Sole source justification under FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source) - No specific products, part numbers, or purchase quantities; this is a service-based procurement - Capability statements from other vendors are invited, but NIH intends to negotiate only with MHA unless alternatives are identified - Commercial opportunity for organizations offering similar hospital association membership services

Period of Performance: - Annual membership for calendar year 2025

Estimated Contract Value: - Typical annual hospital association memberships range from $10,000 to $100,000, depending on size and scope

Potential Competitors: - Other state or national hospital associations (if they offer comparable services)

Procurement Requirements: - Membership must provide advocacy, education, leadership, and access to innovative programs/resources for Maryland hospitals - Vendor must be able to fulfill the unique requirements of Maryland hospital systems

Description

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal.  The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (NIH-CC) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with the following vendor: Maryland Hospital Association Inc.

Acquisition Description:

This is an annual renewal of the Clinical Centers membership for 2025, with the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA). The Maryland Hospital Association is the advocate for Maryland’s hospitals, health systems, communities, and patients before legislative and regulatory bodies. MHA’s membership is comprised of community and teaching hospitals, health systems, specialty hospitals, veteran’s hospitals and long-term care facilities. Its mission it to help Maryland hospitals and health systems serve their communities by providing them leadership, advocacy, education and innovative programs, and services. As a member, the NIH Clinical Center benefits from the resources provided by the MHA.

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  All responsible sources that could provide the required may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-CC-OLAO-26-007240) by 12:00 PM eastern standard time on 07/22/2026 to: valerie.gregorio@nih.gov.

All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government.  A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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