SPECIAL NOTICE / INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE CSU Blood Gas Analyzer Service Agreement
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75H70926BAO-029-SN
- 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
- Crow Agency, Montana 59022, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Billings Area Indian Health Service (a division of the Department of Health and Human Services) has published a Special Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract to Radiometer America, Inc. for service and support of a CSU Blood Gas Analyzer. The contract is for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment maintenance and support services at the Crow Service Unit in Crow Agency, Montana. The estimated contract value is approximately $25,000 and will run for a base year plus four optional years, with the performance period beginning April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027 and subsequent option years following the same annual cycle. The Indian Health Service is pursuing this sole source award under the authority of FAR 6.103-1, citing that only one responsible source exists and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Radiometer America, Inc., identified as a large business, is the intellectual property copyright holder of the ABL90 Blood Gas Analyzer equipment in question.
Interested parties have until March 8, 2026 to submit responses demonstrating clear and convincing evidence that competition would benefit the Government, would not impose cost or time constraints, and would not compromise the agency's standardization, data center standardization, and network security objectives. The Indian Health Service maintains sole discretion in determining whether to proceed with competitive procurement versus the sole source award, and responses will be evaluated for their potential to influence this determination. The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred by respondents submitting information to this notice, and this solicitation is explicitly not a request for quotes or formal proposals. All inquiries, questions, or comments regarding the Special Notice should be directed exclusively to Purchasing Agent Katrina Eaglefeathers via email at Katrina.eaglefeathers@ihs.gov; telephone calls and voicemails will not be accepted. The contract represents a firm fixed price agreement for the specified medical diagnostic equipment service and support.
Notice text
SPECIAL NOTICE/SOLE SOURCE
The Billings Area Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price Base Plus Four Option Year Contract for a commercially available off the shelf (COTS) service & support agreement to Radiometer America, Inc., a large business; Period of Performance will be from April 01, 2026 through March 31, 2027 and each option year to start on the 1st of April of each year and run until March 31st of each year.
The Contract is to provide a firm fixed price service and support agreement for ABL90 Flex Plus Blood Gas Analyzer manufactured by Radiometer America, Inc. located at the Crow Service Unit (CSU), Crow Agency Montana; The total estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be around $25,000.00; This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from competing this requirement based upon the application of FAR 6.103-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements and is based upon market research; This is based upon intellectual property copyright holder of the ABL90 Blood Gas Analyzer owned by the company.
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 agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security;
The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.
This is not a request for quotes or proposals; Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Purchasing Agent, Katrina Eaglefeathers, at Katrina.eaglefeathers@ihs.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: Notice of Intent Question Submission - CSU ABL90 Analyzer Service Agreement – 75H70926BAO-029-SN.
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