Special NoticePosted Sep 10, 2026·Responses due Sep 11, 2026

Notice of Intent to negotiate a non-competitive firm-fixed price - Quantitative Respirator Fit Testing System

Indian Health Service · NAVAJO AREA INDIAN HEALTH SVC

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
IHS1529156
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6515
Place
Crownpoint, NM, USA
Contact
Marshall Arviso (Marshall.Arviso@ihs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation IHS1529156 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 10, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 4, 2026 to Feb 10, 2027, middle of the range Dec 14, 2026.
Measured from 61 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 10, 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 Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Crownpoint Healthcare Facility in Crownpoint, New Mexico, intends to negotiate a non-competitive firm-fixed-price award to, TSI Incorporated, to provide a quantitative respirator fit testing system for Crownpoint Healthcare Facility. The award will be a single source procurement awarded to TSI Incorporated in accordance with RFO-FAR 6.103-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Contracting Officers may solicit from only one source if the circumstances of the contract action deem that only one sourc… (show all)

e is reasonably available based on licensing agreements and warranty coverage on specialized medical equipment. This notice is not a solicitation or a request for offers. Any potential sources other than TSI Incorporated may submit a capability statement via email to Marshall L. Arviso, Contract Specialist, at marshall.arviso@ihs.gov by 12:00 PM MDT on Friday September 11, 2026. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A solicitation will not be issued.

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.