Intent to Sole Source - a Preventative Maintenance Agreement (PMA) for the Alpha Omega Machine
National Institutes of Health · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation NOI-OLAO-CC-26-010000 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 11, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (NIH-CC) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with the following vendor: Alpha Omega. Acquisition Description: The Department of Perioperative Medicine and Dr. Zaghloul is requesting a Preventative Maintenance Agreement (PMA) for the Alpha Omega Machine which is a micro-electrode recording and stimulation system for deep brain stimulation surgery. The purpose of this purchase is to provide the Surgical Neurology Branch with equipment support for a multi-mod… (show all)
ality micro-electrode recording system that can capture single-unit spiking data, local field potential data, simultaneous surface EEG data, and that can provide real-time online analyses and triggered and patterned electrical stimulation. The PMA for this piece of equipment supports protocol 11-N-0211. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 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-CC-OLAO-26-010000) by 12:00 PM eastern standard time on 09/21/2026 to: valerie.gregorio@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
18 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (National Institutes of Health), same product/service code (PSC) J066.
Single-winner award sizes (18): middle half $44K to $225K, median $126K; range $14K to $696K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $6.8B | 3 | $445K | Jul 24, 2025 |
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX · $19.4B | 2 | $567K | Nov 19, 2025 |
| Revvity Health Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $696K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| MOLECULAR DEVICES LLC | 1 | $236K | Nov 22, 2024 |
| QUALITY CALIBRATIONS, INC. | 1 | $192K | Oct 30, 2024 |
| CTF MEG NEURO INNOVATIONS INC | 1 | $185K | Sep 9, 2025 |
| ETS-LINDGREN INC · $ESE · $855.8M | 1 | $157K | Sep 10, 2025 |
| LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · $TMO · $42.9B | 1 | $127K | Nov 1, 2024 |
| HAMILTON COMPANY | 1 | $124K | May 6, 2025 |
| ILLUMINA, INC. | 1 | $65K | Sep 16, 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.
- $A reported $6.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 18 past awards, $126K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $BDX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 18 past awards, $126K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $ESE reported $855.8M revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 18 past awards, $126K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $TMO reported $42.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 18 past awards, $126K, 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.
- Jan 12, 2026NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC$18KJ--Service Contract for Nikon A1RHD25 Confocal MicrosNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 19, 2025BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$248KJ--Service agreement BD S6 Cell Sorter instrumentMateriality: <0.01% of $BDX revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 24, 2025Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.$696KService Agreement for multiple Opera Phenix, Operetta CLS, and associated equipmentNo 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
- Sep 10, 2025ETS-LINDGREN INC$157KJ--Shielded automatic sliding door repairMateriality: 0.02% of $ESE revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 9, 2025CTF MEG NEURO INNOVATIONS INC$185KCTF MEG and HRS Annual Preventative Maintenance Service AgreementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 24, 2025AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$14KJ--Maintenance to Seahorse XFe96 AnalyzerMateriality: <0.01% of $A revenue (Low) SEC
- May 6, 2025HAMILTON COMPANY$124KMaintenance and Repair Service for an Automated Liquid Handling SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Mar 25, 2025AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC$44KService and Maintenance for a DNA qualification instrument (Femto Pulse System)Materiality: <0.01% of $A revenue (Low) SEC
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2024 (7 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) job
- $109K 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.
- 8 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.
- 4 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 12 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.