NOI to Sole Source - Cepheid Reagent Supplies - IHHC
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- IHS1519738
- 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
- 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Tonalea, Arizona 86044, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Navajo Area Indian Health Service's Inscription House Health Center (IHHC) has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to award a sole source contract to Cepheid for reagent supplies. This special notice, posted on November 12, 2025, was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service and pertains to in-vitro diagnostic substance manufacturing and reagent procurement. The procurement is for reagents required to conduct XPRS4PLEX-10 testing for the facility's Laboratory Department located in Tonalea, Arizona. The contract will be structured as a firm-fixed price sole source agreement with one base year plus four option years. This notice serves to inform the public of the intended procurement action while allowing alternative vendors an opportunity to demonstrate capability before the award is finalized.
The primary objective of this special notice is to provide potential alternative sources with the opportunity to submit capability statements demonstrating that other vendors could supply the required XPRS4PLEX-10 reagents. Interested parties must submit written capability statements via email to Mr. Brandon Martinez, Contract Specialist, at Brandon.Martinez@ihs.gov no later than 1:00 PM PST on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. The government will consider all submissions solely to determine whether competitive procurement is warranted, though submission does not guarantee a response or feedback from the agency. Only written submissions are acceptable; oral communications will not be considered. The government reserves the right to proceed with the sole source award to Cepheid or to conduct a competitive procurement based entirely on its discretion, regardless of responses received to this notice.
Notice text
The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Inscription House Health Center (IHHC) located at Highway 98 & Navajo Route 16, Tonalea, Arizona, 86044, intends to negotiate a firm-fixed soul source contract, with one (1) base year + four (4) option years to Cepheidlocated on 904 Caribbean Dr., Sunnyside CA 94089, Unites States for necessary reagent for the testing of XPRS4PLEX-10 as required by the Laboratory Department, to be delivered on an as needed basis.
The award will be a sole source procurement awarded to Cepheid in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), for purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) Contracting Officers may solicit from only one source if the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available which, in this case, is an item peculiar to one manufacture.
This notice is not a solicitation or a request for offers. Any potential sources other than Cepheid may submit a capability statement via electronic mail to Mr. Brandon Martinez, Contract Specialist, at Brandon.Martinez@ihs.gov by 1:00pm (PST) on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A solicitation will not be issued.
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