Enterprise IT Operations and Maintenance

The Indian Health Service (IHS), a civilian agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, has published a Special Notice regarding an Enterprise IT Operations and Maintenance (EITOM) bridge contract. The notice, posted on December 18, 2025, announces the agency's intent to issue a sole source award to Kadiak, LLC for comprehensive IT support services. The contract will provide critical IT infrastructure management across two primary data centers located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Rockville, Maryland, supporting approximately 2.2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. The bridge contract is designed to ensure continuity of operations while IHS prepares for a full recompete of the requirement. The sole source justification is based on the incumbent contractor's unique familiarity with the IHS enterprise IT environment and demonstrated performance history.

The primary objective of this Special Notice is to solicit capability statements from interested contractors who believe they can provide equivalent services, with submissions required by December 24, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EST to Contracting Officer Julie Corbin. The bridge contract will operate on a firm fixed-price basis with a 12-month base period valued at $34 million, classified under NAICS code 541519 (Other Computer Related Services). While the government has issued this notice of intent, it retains the discretion not to compete the requirement and will not reimburse response costs for interested parties. Eligible contractors should be prepared to demonstrate capabilities in IT management, data center operations, end user support, network services, security compliance, and cloud services across multiple geographic locations and user populations exceeding 20,000 individuals. No formal solicitation document is currently available, and the government will not respond to telephone inquiries regarding this opportunity.