Special NoticePosted Aug 4, 2026·Responses due Aug 11, 2026

Intent to Sole Source: CSU QuidelOrtho Reagent Supplies

Indian Health Service · BILLINGS AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
75H70926BAO-083-SN
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6550
Place
Crow Agency, MT, USA
Contact
Vincent Hansen (Vincent.Hansen@ihs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 75H70926BAO-083-SN in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 4, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 28, 2026 to Jan 4, 2027, middle of the range Nov 7, 2026.
Measured from 61 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 4, 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

SPECIAL NOTICE/SOLE SOURCE The Billings Area Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price Base Plus Four Option Year Contract for a commercially available off the shelf (COTS) reagents supply agreement to QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY, LLC, a large business; Period of Performance will be from September 05, 2026 through September 04, 2027 and each option year to start on the 5th of September of each year and run until September 4th of each year. The Contract is to provide a firm fixed price reagent supply agreement for QUIDELORTHO Ortho Vision rea… (show all)

gents manufactured by QUIDELORTHO SALES COMPANY, LLC located at the Crow Service Unit (CSU), Crow Agency Montana; The total estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be around $140,000.00; This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from competing this requirement based upon the application of FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements and is based upon market research; This is based upon intellectual property copyright holder of the QUIDELORTHO Ortho Vision owned by the company. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security; The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This is not a request for quotes or proposals; Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Vincent Hansen, at Vincent.Hansen@ihs.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: Notice of Intent Question Submission - CSU QuidelOrtho Reagent � 75H70926BAO-083-SN

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Indian Health Service), same NAICS 334516.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
J & N MARKETING, INC.1$599KJul 14, 2025
BIOMERIEUX INC1$200KDec 3, 2024
Fisher Scientific Company · $TMO1$61KNov 7, 2024
RED HERITAGE MEDICAL LLC1$48KSep 19, 2025
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC1$35KAug 8, 2025
BIGHORN RIDGERUNNERS, LLC1$30KJun 16, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 6 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
  • $76K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, House Committee on Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • 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 7 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.