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Specialized Blood Products-AABB

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Location: Bethesda, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Sep 10, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 621991 - Blood and Organ Banks look up NAICS codes
PSC code: 6505

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Posted

Sep 10, 2026
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What this contract is for

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Location: Bethesda, MD
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 621991 - Blood and Organ Banks
Scope: Federal

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC), Office of Purchasing and Contracts, on behalf of the Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM), Transfusion Services Laboratory (TSL), intends to award a sole-source Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to the National Blood Exchange (NBE), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB) for the provision of specialized blood products, including rare blood types, required to support patient care within the NIH Clinical Center.

The NIH Clinical Center is a 200-bed research hospital that provides care to patients participating in NIH research protocols.

The Department of Transfusion Medicine requires specialized blood products for patients requiring transfusion therapy, including rare red blood cells (RBCs), platelets, and plasma products.

The contractor shall be capable of providing specialized blood products, including leukoreduced red blood cells, AB plasma, cryoprecipitate, and single-donor platelets.

The requirement includes rare, multiple-antigen-negative RBC products for sickle cell disease and other multiply transfused patients.

Required blood products must be prepared in accordance with applicable Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements and must be screened and certified for human use.

The contractor must also be capable of providing antigen-screened units for common and uncommon RBC antigens, including, but not limited to, C, E, K, k, Fy(a), Fy(b), S, s, Jk(a), Jk(b), V/VS, Go(a), Js(a), and U.

The anticipated annual requirement includes approximately 300–400 antigen-negative leukoreduced red blood cells, 50–...

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