NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD / SOLE SOURCE - PYXIS AUTOMATED DISPENSING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED DRUGS & MEDICATION SERVICES - TSAILE HEALTH CENTER

Notice of Intent to Award / Sole Source

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Tsaile Health Center intends to award a non-competitive, sole sourced purchase order to CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS LLC, for Pyxis Automated Dispensing Systems for controlled drugs & medication services.

The anticipated period of performance is from January 01, 2026 to December 11, 2026 with four one-year option periods. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 339112- Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.

The Proposed Contractor is the only organization uniquely qualified to provide the required services to ensure that there is no interruption in services that could impact direct patient care.  The proposed contractor's equipment is currently on-site, fully installed, and is currently being used by Pharmacy staff to provide direct patient care services. Carefusion holds proprietary data and licensing rights to required system. The Pyxis safe is a highly specialist medical equipment allowing for direct patient care for IHS beneficiaries. Tsaile Health Center system is connected with Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility (CCHCF) and Pinon Health Center systems and changing out systems for each site would be detrimental and negatively impact direct patient care for each facility.

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