NOTICE OF INTENT TO Sole Source - AIMS - SAM.gov_10.27.25.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE SOLE SOURCE AWARD

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of

Acquisition Policy (DAP), on behalf of the IHS, Office of Information Technology (OIT), intends to award a Purchase Order on a sole source basis to Association of Public Health laboratories, Inc.

(APHL) in Bethesda, MD for IHS Resource Patient Management System (RPMS) / APHL Electronic

Laboratory Reporting services. This is a non-personal services contract to support the Electronic

Laboratory Reporting (ELR) of the reportable laboratory testing data of COVID-19 and the Sexually

Transmitted Infection (STI), HIV & Viral Hepatitis to a centralized intake service for further distribution to the appropriate State Department of Health and Federal Agencies concerned with aggregating reportable laboratory test results for epidemiological processing. IHS is obligated to report this information, this approach provides a streamlined and cost-effective solution for the government to meet the requirement. Based on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security

(CARES) Act citation, the APHL Informatics Messaging Services (AIMS) platform has been the only service identified by the Department of HHS (DHHS) that provides an acceptable option for a single intake point to reach all the State jurisdictions in which IHS operates. The APHL AIMS platform has existing connections to all 50 state public health departments, the CDC, and several local public health organizations. Having a single point of intake reduces the administration, configuration, and maintenance level of effort required to automate the required COVID-19 test reporting and the

Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) laboratory data to State Department of Health and Federal

Agencies concerned with aggregating reportable laboratory test results for epidemiological processing.

The anticipated period of performance will include a Base Period, plus four (4) twelve (12)-month

Option Periods.

The sole source action will be issued under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

13.106-1(b)(1)(i) - only one source reasonably available due to Exclusive Licensing Agreement.

Market research has identified APHL as the only vendor capable of providing the required services for IHS.

It is anticipated that the Government will award a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order for this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 813920 –

Professional Organizations with a size standard of $23.5M. The Product and Service Code (PSC) is

R499 – Support – Professional: Other.

Points of contact for this acquisition is the Contracting Officer, Julie Corbin at julie.corbin@ihs.gov.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a quote to Contracting Officer, Julie

Corbin at juie.corbin@ihs.gov.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service Division of Acquisition Policy 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 mailto:julie.corbin@ihs.gov mailto:juie.corbin@ihs.gov

Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Government's needs.

At this time, no solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of quotes received in response to this notice. If no affirmative written responses are received by 10/31/2025 @ 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) a contract may be awarded to APHL.