Notice of Intent - Postage Reserve Account
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NOI-SRSU-26-0012
- 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
- 491110 Postal Service
- PSC
- R613 Support- Administrative: Post Office
- Place of performance
- Shiprock, New Mexico 87420, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Indian Health Service, Navajo Area, Shiprock Service Unit has published a Notice of Intent indicating its plan to restrict competition and award a sole-source contract to The Pitney Bowes Bank, Inc. for prepaid postage account services. This special notice was posted on January 15, 2026, by the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service and applies to postal service operations classified under NAICS code 491110. The procurement involves establishing a reserve account from which postage funds are drawn and downloaded directly to a leased Pitney Bowes mail meter device as needed. The notice provides an opportunity for competing vendors to challenge the intended sole-source award by submitting capability statements prior to the Government's final decision on whether to proceed with single-source negotiation or open the requirement to competition.
Interested vendors must submit written capability statements via email to Dallas.Begay@ihs.gov no later than 10:00 AM Mountain Standard Time on January 30, 2026, with verbal responses explicitly excluded from consideration. The anticipated contract period spans five years total, consisting of a one-year base period followed by four optional 12-month renewal periods. The Small Business Administration size standard for this requirement is $9.0 million, though no specific set-aside has been designated for this procurement. The Government retains sole discretion to determine whether to conduct a full and open competition or proceed with the proposed single-source award based on the responses received. This notice is not a formal request for quotations, and no solicitation will be issued in conjunction with the notice of intent.
Notice text
The Indian Health Service, Navajo Area, Shiprock Service Unit located in Shiprock, New Mexico, intends to restrict competition and negotiate an award with The Pitney Bowes Bank, Inc. (UEI: V5E8DNCCNH69) for prepaid funds for postage. When the meter needs postage, funds are drawn from this pre-funded account and are downloaded directly to the leased Pitney Bowes mail meter/device.
The anticipated period of performance is a base period of one year from the date of award with four (4) consecutive 12-month periods following the base period, up to 60-months total or five (5) years. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 491110 – Postal Service with a Small Business Administration size standard of $9.0 million.
This Notice of Intent to Restrict Competition is not a request for quotations and a solicitation will not be issued in conjunction with this Notice of Intent. In accordance with 5.101(c)(4)(vii)Any vendor that believes it can provide the stated services may provide a capability statement. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Responses to this notice shall be submitted no later than 10:00 AM (MST) on 01/30/2026 via email to Dallas.Begay@ihs.gov.
A determination by the Government on whether to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition or proceed with a single-source award.
Primary Point of Contact:
Dallas Begay, Procurement Technician
Email: Dallas.Begay@ihs.gov
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