Justification (Sole Source)Posted Jan 7, 2025

Limited Sources Justification (LSJ): Firm Fixed-Price, Non-Personal Service Type, Commercial Item to provide Licensing, Maintenance, and Support for IHS Great Plains Areawide Laboratory Information Systems. Period of Performance: 01/01/2025 - 12/31/2025.

Indian Health Service · GREAT PLAINS AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Justification for other than full competition
NAICS
423430
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
RFQ-25-002
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
7A20
Place
Aberdeen, SD, USA
Contact
David Jones (david.jones@ihs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation RFQ-25-002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Nov 25, 2024
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Jan 7, 2025
    Award Notice
    DATA INNOVATIONS LLC · $60K
    Open
Other notices
  • Jan 7, 2025 · this notice
    Justification (Sole Source)

Next steps for this stage

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

  • The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.

What the notice says

An urgent and compelling need exists, and following the procedures would result in unacceptable delays (FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(A)). Needed by 01/01/2025. Limited rights in data - proprietary software system. Data Innovations is the developer, manufacturer, and IP holder for the Instrument Manager system, which is currently installed and used at multiple IHS locations throughout the IHS. No other vendor can provide support due to the IP rights.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Indian Health Service), same industry group (NAICS 4234).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ALKO ENTERPRISES INC1$2.2MSep 3, 2025
NATIVE SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED LLC1$115KMar 3, 2025
BHPE LLC1$102KJul 23, 2026

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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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.

  • 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.

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