Summary
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract (Notice ID NIH-OALM-26-005609) for IBM Power9 hardware and software support services to sustain the Blood Bank Control System (BBCS/ABO) environment. The work includes IBM Power9 server and SAN support, PowerHA failover capability to the Culpeper, VA disaster recovery site, nightly system backups, and is expected as a 12-month requirement beginning in late July 2026. Interested parties may submit capability statements by July 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time; the SAM.gov workspace lists no attachments on the record and identifies Shasheshe Goolsby as the point of contact.