Special NoticePosted Sep 11, 2026·Responses due Sep 15, 2026

NCSU Locum Physician Services Sole Source Notice

Indian Health Service · BILLINGS AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561320
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
IHS1530123
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
Q201
Place
Lame Deer, MT, USA
Contact
Johnna Spotted (johnna.spotted@ihs.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation IHS1530123 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 11, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 5, 2026 to Feb 11, 2027, middle of the range Dec 15, 2026.
Measured from 62 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 11, 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

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE-SOURCE ACQUISITION Description: This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive quotes. The Billings Area Indian Health Service intends to award a sole-source purchase order to Watanabe Enterprises for Locum Physician Services for the period of performance December 1, 2026 through January 30, 2027. The Government intends to use the procedures at 12.102(b), 12.201-1, and 6.103-1, subject to the approved acquisition strategy and determination that only one source is reasonably available. The sole-source action is ne… (show all)

cessary to ensure continuity of critical medical provider services at the Northern Cheyenne Service Unit while the Government completes the competitive acquisition and award of the follow-on requirement. Watanabe Enterprises currently has qualified and credentialed medical providers available to continue providing the required services during this limited interim period, thereby preventing a lapse in essential patient-care services. See attached Performance Work Statement for details. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or quotations. Any party who believes it can perform this requirement should submit a capability statement for consideration by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. Interested parties may identify their interest and submit a capability statement no later than September 15th, 2026 at 2pm Mountain Standard Time. Responses, including questions about this notice, shall be sent via email to Contract Specialist Johnna Spotted at Johnna.Spotted@ihs.gov.

Who won similar work

18 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Indian Health Service), same NAICS 561320.

Single-winner award sizes (18): middle half $367K to $6.1M, median $788K; range $84K to $102.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.3$6.5MMay 18, 2026
Prime Physicians Tri Providers LLC2$102.4MSep 22, 2026
BAY AREA ANESTHESIA LLC2$13.6MJun 22, 2026
WARE RIVER CONSULTING LLC1$7.4MSep 17, 2026
Prime Tri Providers LLC1$7.1MSep 18, 2026
Prairie Band Health Services Inc1$6.3MSep 19, 2025
AKICITA CYBER LLC1$2.3MApr 2, 2026
GRUNFELD DEFENSE SOLUTIONS INC.1$942KApr 30, 2026
TRIBAL HEALTH, LLC1$634KJan 27, 2025
ANDERS GROUP LLC1$407KNov 25, 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.