Browning and Heart Butte Hospital Construction Project - Department of Health and Human Services

75H701-26-R-00025 Sources Sought: Blackfeet Hospital & Heart Butte Health Station EPSS, MT, Glacier and Pondera Counties The Indian Health Service (IHS) is conducting a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION as outlined in FAR 15.101(c)(3) (DEVIATION RFO Nov

2025) to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of firms especially small businesses including: Native American/Indian-Owned Businesses (Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE)), 8(a) Certified Small Businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone) Small Businesses, Women Owned Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), and Veteran Owned Small Businesses. NO PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED OR ACCEPTED WITH THIS RFI.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requested. Market Research is being performed pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify businesses capable of performing the functions described herein. SUMMARY OF SCOPE The purpose of this project is to install new emergency power supply system (EPSS) at the Blackfeet Community Hospital and the Heart Butte Health Station. Work will also include demolition of 2 emergency power supply systems at the Blackfeet Community Hospital. The work will take place at 2 locations: one in Browning, MT and the other in Heart Butte, MT. The project will demo two existing EPSS at the Blackfeet Community Hospital and install a new singular EPSS to serve all electrical loads that code requires to have emergency power. The project will also install a new EPSS at the Heart Butte Health Station capable of serving all electrical loads that code requires to have emergency power. Work at both sites will require thorough and careful coordination with local medical staff and maintenance staff to reduce and fully minimize disruptions to direct patient care. The goal of this project is to bring both sites into compliance with life safety codes for emergency power systems and also replace aged and failing equipment that has become obsolete and difficult to service. Magnitude of Construction Projects, the anticipated project magnitude is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.00. The type of work to be performed will be categorized under PSC code Y1DA, Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries and NAICS code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a size standard of $45M. RESPONSES - SUBMITTAL Responses to this notice must be emailed to Taylor Kanthack at [email protected] and must be received no later than

16 April 2026 2:00PM PST. Responses must include: Company Information: Company name, website, physical address, SAM UEI code

Point of Contact: Contact name, phone number, and E-mail address If a solicitation is issued, will your firm/company be submitting a proposal? Indicate Yes or No Type of Business: Native American-owned (IEE/ISBEE), SBA certified 8(a), SBA Certified HUB Zone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), and/or Small Businesses (SB). For more information on the definitions or

requirements for these small business programs, refer to http://www.sba.gov. Native American-owned (IEE/ISBEE) firms - Submit completed Attachment 1: IHS IEE Representation Form (Jan