Concerto Coils for patient care at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC)

•             Product Service Code: 6515

•             NAICS Code: 339112

•             Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

POTS: 23-006953

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 Medtronic USA, Inc, located at 710 Medtronic Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55432, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide coils to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

Below is a description of the item(s):

Product Number and Description:                                         Unit                  Quantity

CONCERTO COILS NV-8-30-HELIX                                            EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS NV-5-20-HELIX                                            EA                         2

CONCERTO COILS NV-10-30-HELIX                                          EA                         3

CONCERTO COILS PV-10-30-3D                                                EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-16-40-3D                                                EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-12-40-3D                                                EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-16-40-HELIX                                          EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-18-40-HELIX                                          EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-20-50-HELIX                                          EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-4-8-3D                                                    EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-4-12-3D                                                  EA                         4

CONCERTO COILS PV-5-15-3D                                                  EA                         4   

CONCERTO COILS PV-3-4-3D                                                    EA                         2

The proposed vendor, Medtronic USA, Inc., is the sole manufacturer of these coils which have unique features required by the doctors at the Clinical Center for patient care.

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 [email protected] by the due date marked in this notice.