SPECIAL NOTICE / INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FPSU Cepheid Molecular Analyzer Service and Maintenance
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75H70926BAO-008-SN
- Agency
-
Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Place of performance
- Poplar, Montana 59255, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Billings Area Indian Health Service has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source contract to Cepheid US for service and maintenance of a Cepheid GeneXpert Molecular Analyzer. The contract is valued at approximately $30,000 and will cover equipment located at the Fort Peck Service Unit in Poplar and Wolfe Point, Montana. The Indian Health Service is pursuing this sole source procurement under FAR 6.103-1, asserting that Cepheid is the only responsible source capable of providing the required services due to its ownership of the intellectual property and copyright associated with the Molecular Analyzer. The base contract period runs from December 11, 2025, through December 10, 2026, with four additional option years available. This is a commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) firm fixed price service and support agreement. The notice was posted on November 4, 2025.
The primary objective of this sole source notice is to provide maintenance and support services for the existing Cepheid analytical equipment while maintaining agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security objectives. Interested parties wishing to challenge the sole source determination must submit clear and convincing evidence by the November 14, 2025 deadline demonstrating that competition would be advantageous to the government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the agency's mission objectives. All questions or comments must be directed exclusively via email to Contract Specialist Vincent Hansen at Vincent.Hansen@ihs.gov, with phone calls not being accepted. Only entities that can provide evidence supporting competitive procurement eligibility should respond; this notice is not a request for quotes or proposals, and the government will not reimburse response costs. The final determination regarding whether to conduct a competitive procurement remains solely within the discretion of the government.
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 Cepheid US, a large business; Period of Performance will be from December 11, 2025 through December 10, 2026 and each option year to start on the 11th of December of each year and run until December 10th of each year.
The Contract is to provide a firm fixed price service and support agreement for Cepheid GeneXpert Molecular Analyzer manufactured by Cepheid US located at the Fort Peck Service Unit (FPSU), Poplar Montana and Wolfe Point Montana; The total estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be around $30,000.00; 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 Cepheid Molecular 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 Contract Specialist, Vincent Hansen, at Vincent.Hansen@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 - FPSU Cepheid Molecular Analyzer Service and Maintenance – 75H70926BAO-008-SN.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| A16 - SOLE SOURCE CEPHEID.pdf |
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