Sources SoughtPosted Aug 11, 2026·Responses due Aug 20, 2026

Sources Sought - Lab Microbiology Testing Supplies

Indian Health Service · NAVAJO AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
325413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
IHS1528047
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Chinle, AZ, USA
Contact
Tanya Begay (tanya.begay2@ihs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation IHS1528047 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 11, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 5, 2026 to Jan 11, 2027, middle of the range Nov 14, 2026.
Measured from 61 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 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

The Indian Health Service, Chinle Service Unit, Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility is issuing this sources-sought notice (SSN) to identify capable Indian-owned, economic enterprises � large (IEE) or small (ISBEE) � that can deliver on an �as needed basis� microbiology testing supplies for automated blood culture analyzers. Supplies must be 100% compatible with the Government�s existing analyzer and must be in strict accordance with attached List of Supplies. Period of Performance will consist of one one-year base period, plus three one-year option periods. Tentative start date 09/01/202… (show all)

6. Other capable firms are also invited to respond to this SSN. The Contracting Officer will consider responses for Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C. 47) opportunities first, then for set aside programs under the Small Business Act (41 U.S.C. 3104). The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this requirement is 325413 with a small business size standard of 1,250. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. Information collected from this notice is purely for market research only and will be used to determine the contracting office�s acquisition strategy including competition, set asides, and locating Indian-owned economic enterprises. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in response to this request for information. In accordance with FAR 4.203-1(b), offerors and quoters must be registered in System for Award Management at SAM.gov, at the time an offer or quotation is submitted and at time of award. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by Offers Due date and time specified in this notice to Tanya Begay at tanya.begay2@ihs.gov with the subject line �SSN - Mobile Breast Ultrasound Services. Your submission must include the following information, at a minimum: Company Profile that includes: UEI, Name and Address, Primary POC information, business size and type of ownership, socio-economic status/participation such as 8(a), WOSB/EDWOSB, SDVOSB and HUBZone, identification of Native American ownership, SAM.gov representations and certifications, and other related documentation. A brief statement of the company�s capability that relates to the described government requirement. Additional demonstration of capability may include current and past performance history for the same or similar requirement, established contracts such as GSA or VA Schedule, etc. Indian-owned Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) and Indian-owned Economic Enterprises (IEEs) must also submit a completed IHS IEE Representation Form (attached) in accordance with HHSAR 326.606-1(b). Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Indian Health Service), same NAICS 325413.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC · $QDEL2$160KMay 28, 2025
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC1$215KSep 11, 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 2 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.

  • 1 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.