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Instrument Sterilization Services for Guthrie Army Health Clinic, Fort Drum, NY

Federal · Department of Defense · U.S. ArmyDue Friday, October 23, 2026
Client
Department of Defense · U.S. Army
RFP Number
—
Posted
10/17/2026
Category
US Federal
Budget
—
NAICS
561910
Set-aside
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR THROUGH
Contact
Kathryn Quinones

Description

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The Defense Health Agency seeks market research to identify potential sources capable of providing instrument sterilization services for the Guthrie Army Health Clinic at Fort Drum, New York. The required scope includes providing all personnel, equipment, facilities, supplies, and non-personal services to clean, lubricate, package, sterilize, sharpen, and assemble instruments in customer-provided containers. Interested parties must be accredited by The Joint Commission, follow CDC and ANSI/AAMI ST79 guidelines, and operate within a 30-mile radius of Fort Drum, New York. Vendors must submit organizational details and a tailored capability statement by email to [email protected] by 10:00 AM EST on October 23, 2026.

Key solicitation details

AI-extracted from SOURCES SOUGHT SYNPOSIS .pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.

The buyer is conducting market research to identify parties capable of providing instrument sterilization services, including instrument cleaning, packaging, sterilization, and as-needed sharpening. This sources sought notice seeks capability statements from interested organizations to evaluate market capacity. Eligibility and set-aside determinations will be based on responses received.

Issued by
Defense Health Agency, Healthcare Contracting Division- Northeast
Responses due
October 23, 2026 at 10:00AM EST
How to submit
email
Submission details
Email responses to [email protected]
Set-aside
May be set-aside for small businesses or through full and open competition based on responses
Place of performance
Within a 30-mile radius of Fort Drum, NY

Scope of work

  • Instrument sterilization services
  • Cleaning and lubricating instruments
  • Clear wrapping specific single instruments including tenaculums, EC curettes, ring forceps, Bozeman forceps, long Kelly clamps, long scissors, cervical biopsy instruments, and endocervical speculums
  • Packaging single instruments to open at position of use
  • Assembling sterilized items in clean shipping containers provided by customer
  • Providing instrument sharpening on an as-needed basis

Minimum qualifications

  • Be located within a 30-mile radius of Fort Drum, NY
  • The Joint Commission (TJC) accredited
  • Follow sterilization guidelines set forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ANSI/AAMI ST79

Documents to include with the bid

  • Organization name, address, email address, Website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership
  • Tailored capability statements addressing the effort
  • Documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability
  • Administrative and management structure of subcontracting or teaming arrangements if anticipated

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number
PANDHA27P0000050968
Agency
Department of Defense
Buying office
Defense Health Agency (DHA) › Defense Health Agency
Notice type
Sources Sought
Responses due
Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM ET
Posted on SAM.gov
Oct 16, 2026
NAICS
561910 · Packaging and Labeling Services
Product/service code
Q523
Place of performance
Fort Drum, NY
Contracting contact
Kathryn Quinones
kathryn.r.quinones.civ@health.mil
Read the official notice description

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS The Defense Health Agency, Healthcare Contracting Division- Northeast, Falls Church, VA is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for procurement of Instrument Sterilization Services. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 561910, Packaging and Labeling Services. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for quotes; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. If your organization has the potential capacity to provide this contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. [Note: In accordance with FAR 10.001(b), agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary.] The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, contractor transportation, tools, materials, supervision, other items and non-personal services necessary to provide Instrument Sterilization Services defined in this APPENDIX 1, except for those items specified as government-furnished property and services. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION but will be awarded as a single award. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by October 23, 2026 at 10:00AM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to [email protected]. APPENDIX 1: Minimum Requirements for Instrument Sterilization: The following are the minimum requirements to provide Instrument Sterilization services Be located within a 30-mile radius of Fort Drum, NY to enable Fort Drum, NY to continue to drop-off/pick-up instruments to support the mission and due to weather conditions in the surrounding areas. Contractor shall be The Joint Commission (TJC) accredited and follow sterilization guidelines as set forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ANSI/AAMI ST79. Specific items are clear wrapped singly to include: tenaculums, EC curettes, ring forceps, Bozeman forceps, long Kelly clamps, long scissors, cervical biopsy instruments, and endocervical speculums. Single instruments shall be packaged as to open at position of use. Instruments dropped off shall be cleaned, lubricated as necessary, packaged per set/individual instrument requirements, sterilized, and assembled in “CLEAN” shipping container provided by customer. Provide instrument sharpening on an as-needed basis.

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Market context

Awards in the same category (Packaging and Labeling Services). This is not this requirement's award history.

Recent similar awards: Department of Defense, NAICS 561910, performed in NY

Vendor and awardValueEnds
COUNTY OF LEWISW91YTZ22P0006 · INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION$297.6KNov 30, 2026

Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 561910, since Oct 1, 2024

54 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

  1. 1. STERIS CORPORATION$2.0M
  2. 2. NEWVIEW OKLAHOMA, INC.$1.3M
  3. 3. GEN4 SERVICES LLC$1.1M
  4. 4. TANAQ GOVERNMENT SERVICES, LLC$475.9K
  5. 5. COUNTY OF LEWIS$105.0K

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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