Intent to Sole Source – Kayenta Health Center Laboratory Department – Cepheid COVID-19 Testing Kits

Cepheid – Cepheid Reagent Supplies – Kayenta Health Center The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Kayenta Health Center (KHC) in Kayenta, Arizona, intends to negotiate a non-competitive firm-fixed-price award to Cepheid for Laboratory COVID-19 Testing Kits 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. 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 Ms. Amber Whitehair, Contract Specialist, at amber.whitehair@ihs.gov by 1:00pm EST on Wedneday, July 31, 2024. 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.