Outpatient Mid-Level Providers for Wagner Indian Health Service Healthcare Center

Sought after HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (IEE) Set-Aside (specific to Department of Interior and Indian Health Services) Practitioners Sources Sought: Outpatient Mid-Level Provider(s) (i.e. Certified Nurse Practitioner or Certified Physician Assistant) for Outpatient Services Sources Sought Notice Number: IHS-WAG-26-1523763

BACKGROUND: The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The mission of IHS is to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level and assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to members of the 566 federally recognized Tribes across the United States. The Great Plains Area Office (GPAO) in Aberdeen, South Dakota, an Area within the IHS, works in conjunction with its 19 Service Units and Tribal managed Service Units to provide health care to approximately 130,000 Native Americans located in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. The GPAO's Service Units include seven hospitals, eight health centers, and several smaller health stations and satellite clinics. Each facility incorporates a comprehensive health care delivery system. The hospitals, health centers, and satellite clinics provide inpatient and outpatient care and conduct preventive and curative clinics. STATEMENT OF

OBJECTIVES: Locate eligible and qualified IEE vendors able to provide Firm Fixed-Price, Non-Personal Healthcare Services, Primary Care Physician Outpatient/Inpatient coverage for the Wagner IHS Healthcare Center in Wagner, SD. Utilize the information received with future acquisition planning efforts and potential Buy Indian set aside. HOW TO RESPOND:

This is a sources sought under the authority of the Buy Indian Act. The Indian Health Service (IHS) is attempting to locate qualified and eligible IEE firms “Native American Indian Owned and Operated business” that can provide services/supplies to the Indian Health Service. This is a request for information only. Responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is strictly voluntary with no obligation nor incurred cost by the government. Provide with response – E-mail response. It should be in a printer friendly format, Word or PDF, 8x11 page size, 5-page limit. Certification as an IEE firm. The government is ONLY interested in IEE firms. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your business status to the identified NAICS code 621399. Prospective vendor shall also be properly registered at www.sam.gov with applicable NAICS codes. Prospective vendors shall be properly registered at www.sam.gov. This includes proper registration as an IEE vendor. Provide detailed capabilities statement, website, and e-catalog as it pertains to providing Medical Gas Services. Provide Unique Entity ID, generated by SAM.gov, and TIN. Contractor shall have an active registration in SAM.gov Identify Business Size: Small or Large GSA/FSS contract holders – provide GSA/FSS/VA/NITAAC or other GWAC contract number. Unfortunately, current required sources of supply do not provide a filter to identify IEE vendors. They only sort by SBA small business categories when posting an RFQ making it very difficult to locate IEE firms when conducting market research. NAICS: 621399 Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners $10 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES ACQUISTION REGULATION (HHSAR): This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the

Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/subpart301-1.html 52.222-70 Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations. 352.239-74 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility The Buy Indian Act The Buy Indian Act (25 USC

47) provides the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) with the authority to set-aside procurement contracts for Indian-owned and controlled businesses. Federal regulations governing IHS use of the Buy Indian Act are under the PHSAR, Subpart 380.5 – Acquisitions under the Buy Indian Act.