Zimmer Biomet Rosa Robot Preventative Maintenance (Notice of Intent to Sole Source)
National Institutes of Health · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NOI-26-008686 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 24, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
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What the notice says
Acquisition Description: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center has a Rosa robot manufactured by Zimmer Biomet. This ROSA neurosurgical robot is capable of assisting endoscopic procedures and providing accurate localization and a robotic platform for performing deep brain stimulation surgery. The NIH requires a preventative maintenance agreement every year to ensure the robot is maintained in good condition and optimal performance. Justification: The proposed vendor, Zimmer Biomet is the sole source provider of maintenance for the robot they manufactured. No other company can … (show all)
perform this support. Using any other [unauthorized] company will void any warranties on the robot, and there is no other known authorized company that can provide maintenance to the Rosa Robot. Requirement: One Base Year and up to Three Option Years for preventative maintenance. PWRSK1 - Premium Warranty ROSA� Knee 1 Year (1 Year of Premium Warranty for BS21121) Base Year: 09/30/2026 � 09/29/2027 Option Year 1: 09/30/2027 � 09/29/2028 Option Year 2: 09/30/2028 � 09/29/2029 Option Year 3: 09/30/2029 � 09/29/2030 Place of Performance or Delivery: The Period of Performance is: 09/28/2026 � 09/27/2027 Delivery within 30 days of award, or as otherwise mutually agreed to Place of Performance: NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 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-26-008686) by 10:00 AM eastern standard time on 09/28/2026 to: lu-chang.lu@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.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (National Institutes of Health), same NAICS 811310.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $27K to $51K, median $37K; range $17K to $65K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B | 1 | $65K | Sep 16, 2025 |
| NATIONWIDE POWER SOLUTIONS INC | 1 | $37K | Jul 8, 2026 |
| AVANT GARDE SCIENTIFIC, INC | 1 | $17K | Sep 23, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $37K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Jul 8, 2026NATIONWIDE POWER SOLUTIONS INC$37K66--NIMH: Purchase Ornder for the replacement parts anNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025AVANT GARDE SCIENTIFIC, INC$17KJ--Preventive maintenance and emergency serviceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2025ILLUMINA, INC.$65KJ--Service Contract Renewal for (1) Illumina iScan anMateriality: <0.01% of $ILMN revenue (Low) SEC
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Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
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- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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