Service & Maintenance Agreement for a Cepheid Molecular Lab Analyzer for the WWKMHCC/Sisseton IHS Health Center

The Great Plains Area Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price Base Plus Four Option Year Contract for a commercially available off the shelf (COTS) service & support agreement to Cepheid US, a large business; Period of Performance will be from August 25, 2022 through December 31, 2022 and each option year to start on the 1st of January of each year and run until December 31st of each year. The Contract is to provide a firm fixed price service and support agreement for Cepheid GeneXpert Molecular Analyzer manufactured by Cepheid US located at the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center, (Sisseton IHS), Sisseton, South Dakota; The total estimated value of the Contract is estimated to be around $50,000.00; This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from competing this requirement based upon the application of FAR 6.302-1 omly one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisty agency requirements and is based upon market research; This is based upon intellectual property copyright holder of the Cepheid Molecular Analyzer owned by the company; Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security; The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice; This is not a request for quotes or proposals; Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Susan K. Davis, at [email protected] via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your e-mail: Notice of Intent Question Submission - Sisseton Cepheid Molecular Analyzer - IHS1453126.