Purchase Order 75H70726P00047

The Indian Health Service awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order valued at $270,755.86 to the College of American Pathologists (CAP) on February 6, 2026, for laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing services. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, will be performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with an ultimate completion date of March 24, 2031. This award represents a task order issued under CAP's existing $75,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Indian Health Service for laboratory quality assurance services, enabling the agency to efficiently procure CAP's specialized expertise in supporting Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) compliance across Indian Health Service clinical laboratory operations.

CAP, a non-profit organization and the world's largest association of board-certified pathologists, serves as a critical infrastructure provider to the federal healthcare system. The organization has established itself as a primary vendor for laboratory quality assurance through its comprehensive portfolio of accreditation, proficiency testing, linearity testing, calibration verification, and specialized reporting services across multiple medical disciplines. This purchase order exemplifies CAP's extensive federal contract portfolio, which encompasses over $200 million in recent awards from multiple agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency, National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration, demonstrating the Indian Health Service's reliance on CAP's incumbent position and specialized capabilities for maintaining laboratory standards across its healthcare network.