Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Blood Bank Control System Server System Ibm Hardware and Software Support Services
Deadline: 10 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 02 Jul 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 144415497
Document Ref. No.: 26-005609
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Blood Bank Control System Server System IBM Hardware and Software Support Services
Notice ID (POTS): NIH-OALM-26-005609
Product Service Code (PSC): DB02 - IT and Telecom - Computer Support Services
NAICS Code: 513210 - Software Publishers (Small Business Size Standard: $47 Million Average Annual Receipts)
Place of Performance: NIH Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
Response Due Date: July 10, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Description
This is a Notice of Intent and is not a request for quotations. A solicitation will not be issued, and quotations are not being requested.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM), on behalf of the Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM), intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract with a twelve (12) month base period to Manage Incorporated for continued IBM Power9 hardware and software support services supporting the Blood Bank Control System (BBCS)/ABO application. The anticipated period of performance is 07/31/2026 to 07/30/2027.
Background
The Department of Transfusion Medicine uses the ABO/BBCS application to support blood collection, donor recruitment, testing, transfusion activities, and the creation of specialized blood products. Because NIH is a research hospital, the application has been extensively customized to support its unique mission.
Sole Source Rationale
Manage Incorporated has supported the BBCS/ABO environment since 2006 and provides specialized support for the IBM Power9 servers, SAN storage, PowerHA failover capability to the Culpeper, Virginia disaster recovery site, and nightly system backups. Manage Incorporated is the only known source capable of providing support services for the BBCS/ABO application, that resides on IBM Power9 servers and includes PowerHA and the ability to failover to another site. Manage Incorporated is the sole service provider of this proprietary software. Therefore, ...
Notice ID: 26-005609
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: national institutes of health
Office: national institutes of health olao
Product Service Code: db02 - it and telecom - compute support services, non-hpc (labor)
NAICS Code: 513210 - Software Publishers
Inactive Dates: jul 11, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
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