SAM #IHS1521534

Lease of Radiometer ABL90 FLEX PLUS Blood Gas Analyzers and Supplies for IHS Chinle Service Unit

This opportunity seeks to lease advanced laboratory analyzers for the Indian Health Service Chinle Service Unit Laboratory Department: - Government Buyer: - Indian Health Service (IHS), Navajo Area, Chinle Service Unit Laboratory Department - Contracting office: Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Window Rock, AZ - OEM Highlight: - Radiometer is the specified Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the ABL90 FLEX PLUS (also referred to as ABL 90 Flex Plus) blood gas analyzers - Products and Quantities: - Lease of two (2) Radiometer ABL90 FLEX PLUS blood gas analyzers - Includes all necessary supplies, reagents, installation, user training, a full validation kit, and depot service coverage - Services: - 1-year warranty service and 4 additional years of service coverage (total 5 years) - Installation and user training for the analyzers - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Preference for Indian-owned economic enterprises under the Buy Indian Act - Analyzers must support continuous operation and meet specific technical specifications - Replacement of existing Radiometer analyzers - Full validation kit and depot service required - Submission of company profile, capability statement, and IHS IEE Representation Form (if applicable) - Period of Performance: - One-year base period with four one-year option periods (total up to 5 years) - Place of Performance: - Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility, Chinle, AZ

Description

The Indian Health Service, Chinle Service Unit, Laboratory Department is issuing this sources-sought notice (SSN) to identify capable Indian-owned, economic enterprises – large (IEE) or small (ISBEE) – that can lease two (2) ABL90 FLEX PLUS Analyzers, which includes the use of the ABL90 FLEX PLUS Analyzers with supplies and reagents sufficient to operate the analyzer on a continuous basis.  Period of Performance: One one-year Base Period plus Four one-year Option Periods.

Other capable firms are also invited to respond to this SSN.  The Contracting Officer will consider responses for Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C. 47) opportunities first, then for set aside programs under the Small Business Act (41 U.S.C. 3104).

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this requirement is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1000 employees.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. Information collected from this notice is purely for market research only and will be used to determine the contracting office’s acquisition strategy including competition, set asides, and locating Indian-owned economic enterprises.  Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary.  The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in response to this request for information. 

In accordance with FAR 4.203-1(b), offerors and quoters must be registered in System for Award Management at SAM.gov, at the time an offer or quotation is submitted and at time of award.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by April 23, 2026, by 5:00pm (MST) to Nora Nutlouis, Purchasing Agent, (928) 725-9806 at nora.nutlouis@ihs.gov with the subject line “SSN IHS1521534.  Your submission must include the following information, at a minimum:

Company Profile that includes:  UEI, Name and Address, Primary POC information, business size and type of ownership, socio-economic status/participation such as 8(a), WOSB/EDWOSB, SDVOSB and HUBZone, identification of Native American ownership, SAM.gov representations and certifications, and other related documentation. A brief statement of the company’s capability that relates to the described government requirement.  Additional demonstration of capability may include current and past performance history for the same or similar requirement, established contracts such as GSA or VA Schedule, etc.  Indian-owned Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) and Indian-owned Economic Enterprises (IEEs) must also submit a completed IHS IEE Representation Form (attached) in accordance with HHSAR 326.606-1(b).

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

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