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Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Specialized Demographic Research & Statistical Analysis Services for Indian Health Service
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The Indian Health Service intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price commercial purchase order to Lowrey Research & Analytics, LLC, for specialized demographic research and statistical analysis services critical to sustaining and enhancing its demographic products and adjusted vital statistics files for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. This effort supports the Office of Public Health Support and Division of Program Statistics, which is responsible for collecting and analyzing data to inform public health policy, allocate resources, and track program performance across tribal health systems. Lowrey Research & Analytics is uniquely qualified due to its specialized expertise, including a PhD-level senior demographer with deep familiarity with IHS’s complex data infrastructure, workflows, and critical linkages with NIH mortality and linked datasets, making it the only source capable of meeting the government’s requirements. The contract has an anticipated one-year base period with four optional extension periods, and while no competitive solicitation is planned, interested firms may submit a capability statement by June 19, 2026, to the designated contracting officer. The effort falls under NAICS code 518210, is managed under the Department of Health and Human Services, and has no set-aside provisions. All submissions must be received by the specified deadline, and the government retains full discretion to proceed without opening competition, as authorized under FAR Parts 5.101 and 12.202.
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This Notice of Intent to award a sole source, commercial purchase order is hereby issued in accordance with RFO FAR Parts 5.101 and 12.202. This notice serves to announce the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) intent to solicit a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), sole source, commercial purchase order to Lowrey Research & Analytics, LLC, of O’Fallon, MO. Lowrey Research & Analytics is able to satisfy IHS’s requirement for specialized demographic research and statistical analysis services that will sustain and advance IHS’s demographic products and adjusted vital statistics files for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. This requirement will support IHS Office of Public Health Support (OPHS) / Division of Program Statistics (DPS).
IHS OPHS/DPS is responsible for shaping high-level public health policy, allocating resources and tracking program performance in support AI/AN populations. OPHS/DPS is the statistical and data-gathering arm of IHS where they measure and document how well the agency is improving health care access and health outcomes for AI/AN populations. Key duties of OPHS/DPS include data collection, supporting major IHS publications, resource and patient management, and data and statistical assistance for Tribal health programs.
Only one source, Lowrey Research & Analytics, LLC, is capable of fulfilling the Government’s requirement for a PhD-level, Senior Demographer with highly specialized demographic research expertise and familiarity with IHS’s complex demographic product structure. The unique capabilities of Lowrey Research & Analytics include its familiarity with OPHS/DPS workflows and data deliverables, in particular IHS mortality and linked files with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The anticipated period of performance is one base period (12 months) and four option periods.
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PURCHASE ORDERS; however, interested firms may submit a capability statement in response to the above requirement by 1:00 PM Eastern Time on 19 JUNE 2026, to Dan Poehling, Contracting Officer, at daniel.poehling@ihs.gov. A determination not to open competition-based responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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