Blanket Purchase Agreement for Glove Finger Tip Sampling, Media Fill Test, Surface Sampling, Incubation and Microbial Analysis

Tender summary

<p><strong>Sources-Sought Notice</strong></p> <p>The Indian Health Service, Gallup Service Unit is issuing this sources-sought notice (SSN) to identify capable Indian-owned, economic enterprises &ndash; large (IEE) or small (ISBEE) &ndash; that can fill a government requirement for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) with Lecithin/tween including certificate of analysis for growth promotion and quality; Media Fill Test: Hazardous and Non-Hazardous including certificate of analysis for growth promotion and quality; and Microbial Testing required by USP &lt;797&gt; including but not limited to Finger Tip/Thumb Sampling, Surface Sampling and Media Fill including sample processing, incubation at dual temperatures, preliminary plat counts, morphology counts for all bacterial and/or fungal growth and identification of all growth recovered and official final reporting &ndash; microbial analysis report. In addition, source must provide training on how to take samples and pack/return media.</p> <p></p> <p>The anticipated period of performance is:</p> <p>Base Period:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3/13/2027-3/12/2028</p> <p>Option Period One:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3/13/2028-3/12/2029</p> <p>Option Period Two:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3/13/2029-3/12/2030</p> <p></p> <p>Other capable firms are also invited to respond to this SSN.&nbsp; 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).</p> <p>The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this requirement is 541380- Testing Laboratories and Services with a small business size standard of $19.0 million.</p> <p></p> <p><strong><u>THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION.</u></strong> Information collected from this notice is purely for market research only and will be used to determine the contracting office&rsquo;s acquisition strategy including competition, set asides, and locating Indian-owned economic enterprises.&nbsp; Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary.&nbsp; The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in response to this request for information.&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Submission Instructions: </strong>Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by 5/5/2025 at 10:00AM (MDT) to Rodney Brown, Contract Specialist at Rodney.Brown@ihs.gov<em> </em>with the subject line &ldquo;T2SSNGSU-20261261.&rdquo;&nbsp; Your submission must include the following information, at a minimum:</p> <ol> <li>Company Profile that includes:&nbsp; 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.</li> <li>A brief statement of the company&rsquo;s capability that relates to the described government requirement.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;</li> <li>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).</li> </ol> <p>Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.</p>

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• Located in United States.
• Source notice 4fef59ef06534caf92af612084764f82 on SAM.gov.
• Notice published 15 Apr 2026; Tenqual indexed it 17 Apr 2026.
• Deadline listed as 5 May 2026.
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