Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Notice of Intent to Sole Source Surgical Science
Deadline: 18 May 2026
Posting Date: 12 May 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 141100016
Document Ref. No.: 26-005549
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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This acquisition is for a sole source firm-fixed-price service agreement to Surgical Science (Surgical Science North America / Surgical Science Inc.) for maintenance and support of the CCMPB bronchoscopy simulator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Branch (CCMPB).
• 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: 26-005549
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 Surgical Science North America Corporation, located at 23500 Mercantile Rd. STE F, Beachwood, OH 44122, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide the service agreement to the National Institutes of Health.
The bronchoscopy simulator is proprietary equipment manufactured by Surgical Science. Surgical Science is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the only authorized source capable of providing certified preventive and corrective maintenance, proprietary replacement parts, access to embedded diagnostic tools, software patches, upgrades, simulation module updates, and firmware updates and system recalibration.
The system contains proprietary software and hardware architecture that is not accessible to third-party vendors. To our knowledge, no third-party service providers are authorized or certified by Surgical Science to perform maintenance or repairs on this system. Use of a non-authorized vendor would void manufacturer warranty protections, risk improper calibration and degraded simulation accuracy, compromise training fidelity and reliability, and increase risk of extended equipment downtime.
Because CCMPB relies on the simulator for structured ...
Notice ID: 26-005549
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: national institutes of health
Office: national institutes of health - cc
Product Service Code: 6515 - medical and surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies
NAICS Code: 339112 - Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
Inactive Dates: jun 02, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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Tender Notice