Special NoticePosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Aug 1, 2026

Notice of Intent to Restrict Competition for Direct Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty

Indian Health Service · NAVAJO AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
339112
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
ISS_GSU-2026_IHS1527904
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Gallup, NM, USA
Contact
Misty Billy (misty.billy@ihs.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation ISS_GSU-2026_IHS1527904 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 11, 2026 to Jan 17, 2027, middle of the range Nov 20, 2026.
Measured from 61 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 17, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service (NAIHS), on behalf of Gallup Indian Medical Center located in Gallup, New Mexico intends to restrict competition and negotiate directly with Alcon Vision LLC (UEI: PHBTLNJ4WCM5). Alcon Vision LLC is the only source capable of fulfilling this requirement because the Voyager� DSLT (Direct Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty) system is the only FDA-cleared SLT platform that delivers fully automated, non-contact, 360� treatment directly to the trabecular meshwork without a gonioscopy lens. No other commercially available SLT system offers this combination of non-c… (show all)

ontact delivery and automated 360� treatment. The NAICS code is 339112, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, with an associated small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The delivery date is 90 days after date of award. The simplified acquisition procedures at 12.102(a) will be utilized. This notice is not a solicitation or request for offers. Vendors capable of providing the stated equipment may submit a capability statement. Verbal responses will not be considered. Responses are due September 1, 2026 by 3:00 pm MDT. 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. The point of contact for this action is Misty Billy, Contract Specialist and can be reached at misty.billy@ihs.gov.

Who won similar work

11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Indian Health Service), same NAICS 339112.

Single-winner award sizes (11): middle half $24K to $116K, median $59K; range $13K to $192K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BIGHORN RIDGERUNNERS, LLC2$98KJun 26, 2026
J & N MARKETING, INC.2$39KAug 22, 2025
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS USA, INC1$192KJul 24, 2025
TRILLAMED LLC1$168KJul 14, 2025
BGESH INCORPORATED1$146KMay 22, 2025
PROAIM AMERICAS, LLC. Ellisville MO 63011 USA1$87KSep 24, 2025
ALKO ENTERPRISES INC1$59KApr 2, 2025
RED ROCK UNLIMITED LLC1$53KNov 18, 2024
DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.1$13KAug 20, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Indian Health Service since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Indian Health Service job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 2 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.