Inactive Buy Indian Set-Aside (specific to Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services)

**Update 8/17/2021-- Uploaded site visit sign-in sheet and questions and answers. Extended the closing date. **Update 8/6/2021--If you were unable to make the Aug. 5th site visit, you may schedule one... **Update 8/17/2021-- Uploaded site visit sign-in sheet and questions and answers. Extended the closing date. **Update 8/6/2021--If you were unable to make the Aug. 5th site visit, you may schedule one with our office to take place no later than Aug. 10, 2021. **Update 8/4/2021--For those attending the site visit, we will meet outside in front of the Administration Building (west side). You are required to wear a mask while on campus.** This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for site preparation services prepared in accordance with the format in Part 13, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is issued as Request for Quotes (RFQ) 246-21-Q-0089. This procurement is 100% Buy-Indian set-aside under NAICS code 238910 with a standard business size of $16.5M. Contractor shall provide a firm, fixed-price quote to provide site preparation services for the Claremore Indian Hospital. The period of performance for this requirement is 60 days from the Award Date. Site visit is scheduled for August 5, 2021 at 10am CST. Questions are due no later than August 10, 2021 at 5pm CST. The closing date for receipt of quotes is August 16, 2021 at 5pm CST. Offers shall be submitted to the Oklahoma Area Indian Health Service, 701 Market Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114 or emailed to Katrina.Eaton@ihs.gov . The offer shall be addressed to Katrina Eaton, Supervisory Contract Specialist, showing the solicitation number, and your name and address. No phone inquiries! TELEPHONE INQUIRIES SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND TELEPHONE CALLS SHALL NOT BE RETURNED. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT: Please note that due to character limitation, full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulations (HHSAR) can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.aquisition.gov The provisions of 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions-Simplified Acquisition (Other Than Commercial Items) (JUL2021), applies to this acquisition. Additional FAR and HHSAR Clauses that are incorporated and can be found in the RFQ packet THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE SHALL NOT CONSIDER YOUR QUOTE FOR AWARD IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE A PROPOSAL CONTAINING: A) Firm, Fixed price quote B) Capability Statement C) Verifiable relevant, (2) recent past performances that include similar experience in deploying hardware similar in SOW. Include contracting organization, contract POC (phone number and email) and contract amount. Proposals shall be evaluated on an acceptable/non-acceptable basis. Evaluation shall proceed as follows: 1. Quotes shall be ranked by price, from low to high 2. Quotes shall then be evaluated for capability statement and past-performances beginning with the lowest priced quote 3. This process shall proceed until a technical acceptable quote is identified THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE SHALL NOT CONSIDER YOUR QUOTE FOR AWARD IF YOU FAIL TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE SCOPE OF WORK CONTRACT AWARD SHALL BE MADE TO THE RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE OFFEROR. The technical evaluation shall be a determination based on information furnished by the vendor in the submitted proposals. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information which is not identified in the offer. The Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions. **Please note that potential awardees will be required to pass a background investigation from the IHS Human Resource Department. This process may take up to two weeks ** ***Updated FAR 52.213-4***