The Indian Health Service awarded a $97,059 firm fixed price purchase order to Regional Medical Laboratory, Inc. (doing business as RML) on July 13, 2021, for laboratory and pathology services supporting the El Reno, Oklahoma facility. The contract, which was not set aside for small businesses, has a completion date of August 31, 2022. Regional Medical Laboratory is a subsidiary of St. John Health System, Inc., a non-profit hospital organization based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and provides comprehensive laboratory and pathology testing services including specimen collection, transportation, testing, histology, and reporting to support medical facilities.
This award resulted from an Indian Health Service pre-solicitation notice posted in May 2020 seeking reference laboratory and anatomical pathology testing services for IHS facilities in Oklahoma and Kansas. The procurement evaluated offerors' ability to meet performance standards, project management approach, cost containment, and risk mitigation strategies. Regional Medical Laboratory has an established track record providing laboratory and pathology services to multiple IHS locations across Oklahoma under firm fixed price purchase orders, with contract values historically ranging from approximately $3,000 to $900,000 annually. These services support IHS healthcare programs serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities throughout the state.