Intent to Sole Source to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility Laboratory Department, Chinle Arizona intends to award a non-competitive, sole sourced purchase order to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to renew 2nd year cost per test/lease agreement for 2 Vitros XT 7600 Integrated Chemistry systems using GSA Contract V797D-60637 and Vitros Automation 680001-CC.

The anticipated period of performance is from 01/01/2026 to 12/31/2026 with three one-year option periods. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 334516 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. Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility Laboratory Department is currently set up on the lease agreement with vendor Ortho Clinical Diagnostics for the equipment. The analyzer is in use at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility Laboratory Department. The Laboratory Department staff are trained on it.

This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. 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 in accordance with the FAR Part 5. 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).