Laundry Services Needed for Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center

Sources Sought: Laundry Services to be provided for the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center (WWKMHCC), Sisseton, SD. Sources Sought Notice Number: IHS-SS-26-1524308 This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation, an obligation or commitment by the Indian Health Service. This notice is intended strictly for market research to determine the availability of Indian Small Businesses Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), Indian Economic Enterprises (IEE), or Other Small Businesses. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The anticipated applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 812320 – Drycleaning and Laundry Services. 1.0

BACKGROUND The IHS is an agency within the Department of Health & Human Services and is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Indian Health Service provides a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 567 federally recognized tribes, in 35 states. The Indian Health Service Headquarters is located in Rockville, MD and then divided into twelve (12) physical areas: Alaska, Albuquerque, Bemidji, Billings, California, Great Plains, Nashville, Navajo, Oklahoma, Phoenix, Portland, and Tucson. The Great Plains Area Office (GPAO) works in conjunction with 19 Indian Health Service Units and Tribal Managed Service Units to provide health care to approximately 130,000 Native American located in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. WWKMHCC falls under the GPAO and provides medical care to approximately 7,000 tribal members living on the Lake Traverse Reservation. The Service Unit was built in 2007 to provide an expanded level of outpatient health care services specifically designed to meet the needs of our population. Services include: Behavioral Health, Community Health, Dental, Laboratory, Nutrition Services, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Public Health Nursing, Purchased & Referred Care Services, and Radiology. 2.0

OBJECTIVE The Purpose of this acquisition is to provide Laundry/Linen cleaning services at the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center IHS at Sisseton, South Dakota. 3.0 SCOPE The contractor will be responsible for meeting all aspects of the contract specifications outlined in the attached statement of work, i.e., soiled linen pickup, transport, laundry plant linen processing operations, packaging, and packing and delivery of clean processed linen. 4.0 CONTRACT

REQUIREMENTS/ AND PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS The Contractor will possess the knowledge and skills to complete the work described 5.0 TYPE OF ORDER The award for this service will be a firm fixed price non-personal service purchase order. 6.0 ANTICIPATED

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Period of Performance: 12 months from date of award 7.0