Healthcare Water System Upgrade for Sterile Processing Department

The Indian Health Service, Northern Navajo Medical Center, is issuing this sources-sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research (FAR 10.001) in identifying prospective sources to fill a government requirement for furnishing and installing healthcare process quality systems to support Sterile Processing Department and Decontamination Room operations.

The requirement supports compliance with ANSI/AAMI Standard 108:2023 for water used in medical device processing and is intended to increase endoscope processing capacity from five (5) to sixteen (16) endoscopes per day. The requirement includes installation and upgrade of water softening, reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, ultraviolet disinfection, storage tanks, pumps, and associated piping and controls.

Systems must provide both utility water and critical water, including final rinse critical water for existing washer equipment and contingency operations. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this requirement is 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors with a small business size standard of $19.0 million. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION.

Information collected from this notice is purely for market research only and will be used to determine the contracting office’s acquisition strategy including competition, set asides, and locating Indian-owned economic enterprises. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary.

The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in response to this request for information. In accordance with FAR 4.1102(a), offerors and quoters are required to be registered in System for Award Management at SAM.gov, at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by February 17, 2026, at 10:00 am MST to Michelle James at michelle.james@ihs.gov with the subject line “ SSN - Water System Installation and Upgrade, SS-SRSU-26-0008." Your submission must include the following information, at a minimum: Company Profile that includes: 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 (if applicable), SAM.gov representations and certifications, and other related documentation.

A brief statement of the company’s capability that relates to the described government requirement. 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.

If claiming Indian-owned Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) or Indian-owned Economic Enterprise (IEE), submit completed IHS IEE Representation Form (attached). Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.