Cardin Courier, LLC

Cardin Courier, LLC, a sole proprietorship based in Cottonwood, Arizona, provides medical specimen transport and laboratory delivery services to the Indian Health Service as a prime contractor on small-business purchase orders, with no subcontract footprint.

The vendor operates exclusively within a single customer relationship. Cardin Courier has received 15 awards from the Indian Health Service (IHS) representing 88% of its recent award portfolio, with a combined potential value of $341 thousand across those fifteen purchase orders. The remaining two awards in the source data are unspecified but likely similar IHS specimen transport work, bringing the total to 17 awards across roughly two decades of SAM registration activity. The vendor's work focuses on laboratory specimen transport services at the IHS facility in Chinle, Arizona, with specimens delivered to facilities in Phoenix or Flagstaff. Service Contract Act wage requirements apply, with specified hourly rates for courier drivers in Apache, Gila, and Navajo counties.

Recent representative awards include a three-year $120,741.55 ceiling purchase order awarded May 6, 2026, for specimen transport on an as-needed basis with specimen pickup required within 8 hours of notification and delivery within 24 hours of pickup, running through May 7, 2029; a $47.8 thousand firm-fixed-price modification (MOD P00002) awarded January 30, 2025, for laboratory specimen transport at the Chinle facility through March 31, 2026; and a $4.8 thousand FY2024 specimen transport purchase order with total small business set-aside designation awarded December 20, 2023. Individual purchase orders historically range from approximately $7.5 thousand to $42.8 thousand. The vendor's category concentration sits with NAICS 541512 (Couriers and Express Delivery Services) and PSC Support-Administrative Courier/Messenger work, with four awards carrying PSC Reference Laboratory Testing.

The vendor's activity footprint is spare. One award in 2020, one in 2021, two in 2023, and single awards in 2025 and 2026 indicate episodic purchase-order activity rather than sustained growth. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $301 thousand (78% of combined potential value), reflecting consistent invoice patterns on small, recurring purchase orders. No IDVs, GWACs, BPAs, or parent vehicles appear in the award history. Cardin Courier competes on full-and-open purchase orders; the single Total Small Business set-aside designation appears on one award. The vendor has no subcontract activity and operates solely as a prime on direct IHS purchase orders.