NOI to Sole Source to Tom's Cleaners LLC
National Institutes of Health · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OLAO
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NOI-OD-27-000182 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 9, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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What the notice says
The purpose of this requirement is to obtain commercial dry-cleaning services for comforters utilized at the Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The services are necessary to maintain cleanliness, operational readiness, and guest accommodation standards while preserving the integrity and lifespan of comforters that cannot withstand hospital-grade laundry temperatures. � Product Service Code: S209 � Housekeeping � Laundry/Drycleaning � NAICS Code: 812320 Drycleaning and Laundry Services � Place of Performance: NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA… (show all)
POTS: 27-000182 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 one-year contract to Tom�s Cleaners LLC, located at 211 N Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis for commercial dry-cleaning services for comforters utilized on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The proposed vendor, Tom�s Cleaners LLC, is currently providing similar dry-cleaning services to The Children�s Inn at NIH and has demonstrated the capability to perform reliable pickup, dry-cleaning, handling, and return delivery services in support of NIH lodging operations. The contractor is familiar with NIH campus access procedures, operational requirements, and handling expectations associated with healthcare-related lodging facilities. Continued use of Tom�s Cleaners Services will support continuity of operations, minimize service disruptions, and ensure consistent quality and accountability. 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. 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 Huda Malik, Contract Specialist via email to huda.malik@nih.gov by October 19, 2026 at 10 am EST.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
258 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (National Institutes of Health), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (181): middle half $90K to $17.1M, median $750K; range $12K to $89.0B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX · $22.5B | 4 | $1.9M | Jan 26, 2026 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY Durham NC 27705 USA | 3 | $36.3M + 1 shared | Dec 21, 2025 |
| Axle Informatics Rockville MD 20852 USA | 3 | $24.5M | May 22, 2025 |
| Axle Informatics, LLC | 3 | $15.4M | Dec 15, 2025 |
| BRUKER BIOSPIN CORP · $BRKR · $3.5B | 3 | $1.7M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $7.4B | 3 | $445K | Jul 24, 2025 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 3 | $318K | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Multiple_Awards Bethesda MD USA | 2 | $1.1B | Dec 17, 2024 |
| FISHER BIOSERVICES INC | 2 | $100.0M + 1 shared | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Inc. | 2 | $58.8M | Aug 1, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $BDX reported $22.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 181 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BRKR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 181 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $A reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 181 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 9, 2026Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.$21KAutomated Cell Counter and AnalyzerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026BCG FEDERAL CORP.$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026SIA PARTNERS U.S., INC.$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026FISHER BIOSERVICES INC$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE LABORATORIES, INC.$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026PPD DEVELOPMENT LP$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION Manassas VA 20110 USA$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington DC 20024 USA$23.8MNIH TRANShare Program -WMATA SmartBenefits� Program Transit Benefit ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC$215KWhole genome sequencing for investigation of age-related chronic disease in HANDLS participantsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026EMORY UNIVERSITY 1599 CLIFTON ROAD NE 4TH FLOOR MAILSTOP 1599-001-1BA Atlanta GA 30322 USA$7.4M (shared ceiling)A--Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation StudyShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 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
- $45K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- 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
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 5 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.