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Notice of Intent to Sole Source � Blair Inc.

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC · Maryland, 20892

Response status

Due in 5 days

Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

The response window is short.

Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Archive date
Sep 16, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Maryland.
  • The notice uses NAICS 339950 (Sign Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
ea2aea89e0c3450082f6dc2eb1594975
Solicitation
26-008910
Base type
Special Notice
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
26-008910
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Responses due
Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 16, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Aug 28, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
National Institutes of Health
Subagency code
Office
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
BETHESDA, MD, 20892, USA
Place of performance
Maryland, 20892
City code
State
Maryland
State code
MD
Postal code
20892
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

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 of 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.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Amendment history

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VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Special NoticeAug 27, 2026Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCc6f0d3dca5fcc8d6
2Special NoticeAug 28, 2026Sep 1, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC799e0ee3d1e1c5e0

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 28, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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