INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FPSU CEPHEID MODULES AND SERVICE AGREEENTS

Description: The Billings Area Indian Health Service intends to award a non-competitive, sole-source contract to Cepheid for two Cepheid modules, two black-and-white printers, two UPI cables, and four service agreements supporting the Fort Peck Service Unit. Work includes activation of four modules on existing instruments, installation and configuration, operational verification, software communication, and training and documentation at laboratories in Wolf Point and Poplar, Montana. The active notice requires responses by September 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, with an anticipated fixed-price performance period from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.