IHHC ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Kayenta Service Unit intends to award a non-competitive, sole sourced award to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, 100 Indigo Creek Drive, Rochester, NY 14626, for instruments, reagents, and service agreements.

The anticipated base period of performance is from April 14, 2026, to December 31, 2026, with five option years ( 01/01/2027-12/31/2027, 01/01/2028-12/31/2028, 01/01/2029-12/31/2029, 01/01/2030-12/31/2030, & 01/01/2031-12/31/2031). The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.

The Proposed Contractor is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the products listed on the attached listing.

This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. 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.  If no affirmative written response is received by Closing Date/Time, the contract will be issued without further notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement base upon 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 in the future.  Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).