Special NoticePosted Sep 22, 2026·Responses due Sep 8, 2026

Mental Health First Aid Instructor Certification Training

Indian Health Service · DIVISION OF ACQUISITIONS POLICY HQ

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
611699
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
75H70426Q00043A1
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
U010
Place
Rockville, MD, USA
Contact
Brendon Moran, Contracting Officer (brendon.moran@ihs.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 75H70426Q00043A1 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 22, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 16, 2026 to Feb 22, 2027, middle of the range Dec 26, 2026.
Measured from 61 past early notices at Indian Health Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 22, 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 Project Title: Mental Health First Aid Instructor Certification Training Announcement No.: 75H70426Q00043A1 The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to National Council for Mental Wellbeing for a Mental Health First Aid Instructor Certification Training services requirement. The purpose and function of the Indian Health Service (IHS) is to provide comprehensive health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) through the IHS hospital and clinic system. The IHS seeks professional support to maintain… (show all)

and improve these services through consistent and current training/instructor certification services, etc. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is the first and only certifying body in the nation to offer these services nation-wide, as this is an Agency-wide requirement. The period of performance for this effort will be a 12-month BASE period with two (2) 12-month option periods. This sole source contracting action is being pursued under the authority of FAR 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. *See attached Sole Source Justification document. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for proposal/quotation. 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 the Indian Health Service. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to the Contract Officer, Brendon Moran, at brendon.moran@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 email: Notice of Intent Question Submission � 75H70426Q00043A1.

Who won similar work

401 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Indian Health Service), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (399): middle half $42K to $995K, median $168K; range $2K to $172.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.15$23.1MSep 9, 2026
LACREEK DEVELOPMENT CORP14$24.3MAug 5, 2026
LYDAY CONSTRUCTION LLC14$508KSep 2, 2026
BIGHORN RIDGERUNNERS, LLC10$2.2MJul 27, 2026
Prime Physicians Tri Providers LLC7$110.0MSep 22, 2026
Tywell Builders LLC6$60KJun 10, 2025
ALKO ENTERPRISES INC5$2.6MApr 27, 2026
LARRY KRANZ Whiting KS 66552 USA5$63KApr 24, 2026
BAY AREA ANESTHESIA LLC4$16.4MJun 22, 2026
RED HERITAGE MEDICAL LLC4$5.5MSep 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.