Notice of Intent to Sole Source � Blair Inc.
National Institutes of Health · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 26-008910 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 25, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
This acquisition is for graphics and accent signage to match what was previously installed in the OP PEDS clinic in building 10 for wayfinding and patient experience at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC). � Product Service Code: 9905 � Signs, Advertising Displays, and Identification Plates � NAICS Code: 339950 � Sign Manufacturing � Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA POTS: 26-008910 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 o… (show all)
f Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Blair, Inc, located at 7001 Loisdale Rd, Springfield, VA 22150, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to provide signage to the National Institutes of Health. The proposed vendor, Blair Inc., is the only source available to match the signage in the previous installation. 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 September 1st, 2026 at 11am EST.
Who won similar work
258 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: 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.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX | 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 | $1.7M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A | 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 | $148.0M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Inc. | 2 | $58.8M | Aug 1, 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.
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- Oct 7, 2026BCG FEDERAL CORP.$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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- Oct 7, 2026AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION Manassas VA 20110 USA$48.0MVACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Sep 30, 2026Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington DC 20024 USA$23.8MNIH TRANShare Program -WMATA SmartBenefits� Program Transit Benefit Services
- Sep 29, 2026THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC$215KWhole genome sequencing for investigation of age-related chronic disease in HANDLS participants
- 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 Study
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.
- 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.