# SAM #NOI-OLAO-CC-27-000020 NIH intent to sole-source fertility-preservation laboratory services **Buyer:** National Institutes of Health **Posted:** October 09, 2026 **Respond By:** October 24, 2026 **Identifier:** NOI-OLAO-CC-27-000020 **NAICS:** 621991, 621999, 621410 The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center plans to pursue fertility-preservation laboratory services from Shady Grove on a sole-source basis. - **Agency:** National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIH-CC). - **Proposed provider:** Shady Grove. - **Services:** Process eggs harvested by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) staff, freeze and store them, and deliver or dispose of them when requested by the patient or their heirs. - **On-site support:** Develop and staff a laboratory at WRNMMC. - **Contractor responsibilities:** Provide qualified personnel, labor, materials, equipment, supplies, and supervision. - **Notice status:** This is a notice of intent to sole-source, not a request for proposals. Other capable sources may submit a capability statement for consideration. - **Quantities, submission deadline, and period of performance:** Not specified in the provided notice. ### 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: Shady Grove.

Acquisition Description:

Oocyte storage and freezing for NIH patients.

The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel, services, materials, equipment and supplies necessary to process
eggs harvested by WRNNMC staff, freeze the eggs and store them, until such time as the patient or their heirs
request delivery or disposal of the eggs. The Contractor shall supply all labor, materials, equipment and
supervision for developing and staffing a laboratory on site at WRNMMC.

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-OLAO-CC-27-000020) by 12:00 PM eastern standard time on 10/24/2026 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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