24-010282 MHA Dues

The purpose of this pay the Maryland Hospital Association dues for 2024. • Product Service Code: U010 Education/Training – Certifications/Accreditations • NAICS Code: 339112 – Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing • Place of Performance:

Bethesda, MD 20892 USA POTS:

24-010282 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 the Maryland Hospital Association, located at 6820 Deerpath Rd, Elkridge, MD, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to pay Association dues for 2024 for the National Institutes of Health.

The proposed vendor, Maryland Hospital Association, is the only source available for this requirement. 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 Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by June 28, 2024 at 1pm EST.