🤝 Celebrating Our 6th Annual Industry Day — Connecting Native-Owned Businesses with Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service (IHS)
📅 Monday, September 28 & Tuesday, September 29, 2026
🕘 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)
💻 Virtual Event | Microsoft Teams
🎟️ FREE to Participate
⏳ Space is limited. Registration will close once all vendor presentation slots have been filled.
The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of Contracts and Grants Management (DCGM), invites Native American-owned small businesses to participate in the 2026 Albuquerque Area IHS Native American-Owned Small Business Industry Day, a two-day virtual event dedicated to strengthening partnerships, expanding the Albuquerque Area IHS supplier base, and increasing awareness of the capabilities of Native American-owned businesses.
Held shortly before Indigenous Peoples’ Day, this event provides Native American-owned small businesses, including eligible Small Business Indian Firms (SBIFs) and Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs), an opportunity to introduce their organizations and showcase their capabilities directly to Albuquerque Area IHS acquisition professionals, program stakeholders, and organizational leadership.
🏛️ Event Overview
Day One will begin with introductions from Albuquerque Area IHS acquisition professionals and a brief overview of the Buy Indian Act and its role in supporting Indian economic enterprises through federal procurement.
Following the opening session, participating vendors will receive an individually scheduled 10-minute presentation slot to introduce their businesses and highlight their capabilities, qualifications, products, services, past performance, and other information relevant to potential Albuquerque Area IHS requirements.
Vendor capability presentations will continue throughout both days.
🎤 Vendor Capability Presentations
This is your opportunity to show Albuquerque Area IHS what your business can do!
Each participating vendor will receive 10 minutes to present its capabilities directly to Albuquerque Area IHS personnel and other invited IHS acquisition and program professionals.
Vendors are encouraged to use their presentation time to highlight information such as:
- Core capabilities and areas of expertise
- Products and/or services offered
- Relevant experience and past performance
- Geographic areas served
- Unique capabilities or solutions
- How your business can support IHS healthcare operations and mission requirements
👥 Who Will Be in the Audience?
The Industry Day is designed to connect Native American-owned businesses with Albuquerque Area IHS personnel and other invited IHS acquisition and program professionals involved in identifying requirements, conducting market research, planning acquisitions, making purchases, and administering contracts.
The audience may include:
- Buyers
- Contract Specialists
- Contracting Officers
- Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs)
- Government Purchase Cardholders and Approving Officials
- Service Unit Chief Executive Officers
- Program and technical personnel
- Albuquerque Area leadership
This broad audience provides participating businesses an opportunity to increase awareness of their capabilities across IHS while helping acquisition and program personnel identify potential sources for future requirements.
🤝 Why Participate?
The Albuquerque Area IHS is committed to meaningful industry engagement and expanding opportunities for Native American-owned small businesses.
Participation in Industry Day provides businesses an opportunity to:
- Introduce their company directly to IHS acquisition, program, and organizational personnel
- Increase awareness of their products, services, and capabilities
- Help IHS identify new and emerging industry capabilities
- Support IHS market research and acquisition planning
- Develop relationships with acquisition and program personnel
- Increase awareness of potential opportunities to do business with IHS
At the same time, these interactions help Albuquerque Area IHS broaden its procurement base, identify qualified sources, increase competition, and strengthen relationships with the Native American-owned business community.