Special NoticePosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Aug 24, 2026

Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source - COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS

Indian Health Service · PHOENIX AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541380
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
IHS1524791
Set-aside
8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)
PSC
H969
Place
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Contact
Minkyu Kim (minkyu.kim@ihs.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation IHS1524791 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 10, 2026 to Dec 17, 2026, middle of the range Oct 20, 2026.
Measured from 62 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 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

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The Indian Health Service (IHS), Phoenix Indian Medical Center (PIMC), intends to award a sole-source contract to the College of American Pathologists (CAP) under the authority of RFO FAR 6.103-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The contractor shall provide a CLIA-approved Proficiency Testing (PT) Program and CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program services for the PIMC Laboratory and Pathology Departments. Services include proficiency testing samples, accreditation services and fees, quality ass… (show all)

urance studies, competency assessments, compliance resources, and other services necessary to maintain applicable laboratory accreditation standards. The anticipated period of performance will begin October 1, 2026. This notice is not a solicitation or request for competitive quotations. However, any responsible source that believes it can meet the Government's requirements may submit a capability statement to Minkyu.Kim@ihs.gov by the date and time specified in SAM.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Indian Health Service), same industry group (NAICS 5413).

Single-winner award sizes (14): middle half $704K to $8.0M, median $8.0M; range $6K to $8.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
S&B CHRIST CONSULTING, LLC1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
BAI ENGINEERS LLC1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
WBK ENGINEERING LLC1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
CIVIL DESIGN & ENGINEERING INC1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
FPE JOINT VENTURE LLC1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
SWERN JV San Diego CA 92108 USA1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
GUY-KENALL JV Tulsa OK 74112 USA1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
SEH - TEPA ES JV LLC1$8.0MDec 2, 2025
AUBERTINE & CURRIER ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS PLLC1$1.0MApr 15, 2025
GRANSBERG AND ASSOCIATES, INC.1$749KSep 19, 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.