The agency is gauging market interest. No bid is being requested yet — submitting a capabilities statement may put you on the radar for the eventual solicitation.
The Indian Health Service needs a small business to provide blood and blood products to the Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Healthcare Facility in Belcourt, North Dakota.
Key Details
What exactly do they need? The Indian Health Service needs a small business to provide blood and blood products to the Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Healthcare Facility in Belcourt, North Dakota. The products will be used to provide direct patient care in the ER, OR, and OB wards. The vendor will ship out new Red Blood Cell (RBC) stock every two to three weeks, and old stock will be shipped back to the vendor when new stock arrives. Plasma and Platelets will be sent on an as needed basis. Packed red blood cells will be automatically delivered every two to three weeks.
What's the contract structure and timeline? The contract will be a firm-fixed-price purchase order for one base year and four option years.
How will they pick the winner? The Government will evaluate the responses based on the information provided in the capability statement.
When and how do you bid? Interested parties shall submit a capability statement via email to Jody Keplin at Jody.Keplin@ihs.gov by June 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Central Time. The capability statement should not exceed 10 single-sided pages and should include information about the respondent's current capability and capacity to perform the work, prior completed events of similar nature/size, organizational experience and management capability, and examples of prior completed Government contracts.
Who can apply
- Must be an Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE)
Heads up — easy to miss
- There's a 10-page limit for the capability statement, and it must be submitted via email by June 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Central Time.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) certification is still active in SAM.gov.
- Write a 1-page summary of your current capability and capacity to perform the work.
- Email Jody Keplin at Jody.Keplin@ihs.gov to confirm receipt of your capability statement.