NOI to Sole Source - Cepheid Reagent Supplies - IHHC IHS1519738
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AI-generated · Nov 13, 2025Contract is to be awarded as a firm-fixed, sole-source to Cepheid for reagent supplies necessary to perform XPRS4PLEX-10 testing in the IHHC Laboratory Department, with deliveries on an as-needed basis for a base year plus four option years, and purchases will be within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold.
Sole-source action under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) because the item is unique to a single manufacturer. This notice is not a solicitation or request for offers. Other sources may submit a capability statement, but there is no obligation to acknowledge receipt or provide feedback, and oral responses are not acceptable. The government may decide not to compete based on responses, and a solicitation will not be issued; information received will be used solely to determine whether to pursue a competitive procurement.
The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Inscription House Health Center (IHHC) located at Highway 98 & Navajo Route 16, Tonalea, Arizona, 86044, intends to negotiate a firm-fixed soul source contract, with one (1) base year + four (4) option years to Cepheid located on 904 Caribbean Dr., Sunnyside CA 94089, Unites States for necessary reagent for the testing of XPRS4PLEX-10 as required by the Laboratory Department, to be delivered on an as needed basis. The award will be a sole source procurement awarded to Cepheid in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), for purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) Contracting Officers may solicit from only one source if the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available which, in this case, is an item peculiar to one manufacture. This notice is not a solicitation or a request for offers. Any potential sources other than Cepheid may submit a capability statement via electronic mail to Mr. Brandon Martinez, Contract Specialist, at Brandon.Martinez@ihs.gov by 1:00pm (PST) on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. 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.
From Special Notice posted on Nov 12, 2025Notice history
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