Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Rees Scientific Corporation for a Service Agreement on the Rees Scientific Environmental Monitoring System
Contract Opportunity Analysis
The Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the National Institutes of Health (NIH), intends to award a sole source contract to Rees Scientific Corporation for a service agreement related to the Rees Scientific Environmental Monitoring System. This contract will cover a one-year service agreement, including preventive maintenance, qualification, calibration, and validation services for the environmental monitoring system used in cGMP cell and gene therapy manufacturing operations at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The services are critical to ensure the reliability and functionality of the monitoring system, which is proprietary to Rees Scientific Corporation, the only source capable of providing the necessary support due to their exclusive intellectual property rights and specialized training. Interested parties may submit capability statements to Shasheshe Goolsby at shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by March 15, 2026, at 3:30 PM Eastern Time, as this acquisition is expected to be below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $250,000.