Intent to Award Sole Source Contract - ID/IQ areawide Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic Inc - RapidPoint 500e®Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analyzers, Reagents, Controls, Consumables, Service & Support for IHS Great Plains Area (GPA) hospitals & healthcare clinics
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- IHS1519445-IHS1512343
- Agency
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Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Indian Health Service has published a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source, firm fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic, Inc. for RapidPoint 500e Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analyzers and related supplies and services. This contract will serve all hospitals and clinics throughout the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (GPA IHS), which is headquartered in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The contracting action is classified under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC code 6550 (In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets). The anticipated contract award date is March 15, 2025, with a notice posting date of February 4, 2026.
The objective of this procurement is to establish a comprehensive supply and service agreement for RapidPoint 500e ABG analyzers, including reagents, controls, consumables, and maintenance support across the Great Plains Area IHS facilities. Interested parties have until February 19, 2026, to submit responses demonstrating clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. The Indian Health Service is pursuing this sole source award under FAR 6.302-1, citing that Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic, Inc. is the only responsible source capable of satisfying agency requirements, as it is the sole manufacturer of the specified equipment and the exclusive authorized service provider in the United States. The contract period will not exceed five years or sixty months, with an estimated total value exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. A prior sources sought notice did not receive any responsible competitive responses, supporting the sole source justification.
Notice text
The Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (GPAIHS), Aberdeen, SD, hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, firm fixed-price, area-wide Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) for RapidPoint 500e®Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analyzers, Reagents, Controls, Consumables, Service and Support. The sole source contract will be awarded to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic, Inc; a large business: SAM UEI: GC14SNHB3JN1.
This requirement is to purchase instruments and reagents. controls, consumables, and establish a comprehensive service and support agreement for the service units. This IDIQ will support all hospitals and clinics throughout the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (GPA IHS) with RapidPoint 500e®Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analyzers equipment.
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic, Inc is currently the sole manufacturer of RapidPoint 500e®Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analyzers, Reagents, Controls, Consumables and Services are manufactured exclusively for Siemens’ reagents and other supplies are designed and manufactured to only be used with Siemens’ instruments. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic, Inc is currently the only authorized provider of service for RapidPoint 500e®Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) systems to customers within the United States, excluding territories.
Period of performance will be the awarded contract with an ordering period not exceeding five (5) years or sixty (60) months. Anticipated award date 03/15/2025.
The estimated total value of this contract is above the simplified acquisition threshold.
The sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supply or service will satisfy agency requirements and is based on market research. The sources sought notice posted did not receive any responsible responses.
Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the agency.
The determination not to compete; the proposed action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received normally will be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred for responding to this notice.
This is not a request for quotes or proposals.
Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent to award Sole Source needs to be directed to Ursula Maslonka, Contract Specialist via email at Ursula.Maslonka@ihs.gov. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent IHS1519445-IHS1512343, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostic, Inc. No telephone responses will be honored.
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