The Navajo Area Indian Health Service (IHS), Shiprock Service Unit (SSU), located in/at Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC), US Hwy 491 North, Shiprock, New Mexico intends to award a non-competitive, sole source purchase order to Proposed Contractor, Durango Discount Dental, for Denture services for NNMC Dental Department. Authority cited FAR Part 6.302-1-Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Proposed Contractor shall provide Denture services for Northern Navajo Medical Center, Dental Department. Fiscal Year 2023, Period of Performance 2/1/2023 – 12/31/2023.

The Proposed Contractor is the only organization uniquely qualified to provide the required services to provide Denture services to NNMC patients for direct patient care.

This notice of intent to award sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. If no affirmative written response is received by January 24, 2023, 12:00PM MST, the contract will be issued without further notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s)

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION.