Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

** See updated solicitation section M.1, effective 5/7/2025 ** ** See amendment 1, effective 5/29/2025. Revised solicitation to follow in amendment 2 ** ** See amendment 2, effective 6/2/2025. Revised... ** See updated solicitation section M.1, effective 5/7/2025 ** ** See amendment 1, effective 5/29/2025. Revised solicitation to follow in amendment 2 ** ** See amendment 2, effective 6/2/2025. Revised solicitation attached ** ** See amendment 3, effective 6/6/2025. Revised solicitation attached ** ** See amendment 4, effective 6/11/2025 ** See attached SOLICITATION NOTICE for solicitation number 75H70125R00030 for a services project for the Indian Health Service (IHS). The purpose of this project is for a single-award IDIQ contract to provide support for the implementation of GIS within the OEHE Program through tasks including, but not limited to, development and maintenance of feature service schemas, quality assurance/quality control, policy and guideline development support, apps and tool development, maintenance of the portal sites page, technical support, resource development, and training. The IHS has a separate technical support contract to operate and maintain the GIS infrastructure and provide limited support services including publishing enterprise services, development of field map applications as requested, and other technical assistance (including coordination with other support vendors) as needed. This project will be procured as a 100% small business set-aside using a tiered evaluation. The tiered evaluation will consider proposals from Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) first, Woman owned small businesses second, and all other small businesses third. If no award can be made at the first tier, offers at the next lower tier will be evaluated, until award can be made. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541330 Engineering Services Commercial and The associated size standard for this procurement is $47 million. Please review all attachments to this notice for details. SCOPE OF WORK: See Section C of the attached solicitation TERO: TERO fees are not applicable. Period of Performance is a base year and four one-year options, the total period of performance will not exceed 5 years and 6 months, reference solicitation Section F.2. CONTRACT TYPE: The IHS intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract in support of this requirement. This solicitation will be procured as a Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15 and 37 procedures. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS: Refer to Section L of the solicitation. PROPOSAL DUE DATE: The offeror’s proposal shall be submitted electronically in PDF format via email to thupten.tsering@ihs.gov at your earliest convenience but no later than the due date identified in block 8 of the SF1449, unless changed by amendment. EVALUATION: Evaluation will be conducted in accordance with FAR 15. The evaluation for this award will utilize tradeoff evaluation criteria. Refer to solicitation Section L & M for additional detail. QUESTIONS: Contractors shall submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contracting Officer, Thupten Tsering at thupten.tsering@ihs.gov. Questions should be received no later than 5 days prior to the due date to allow time for a response. NOTE: ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. SEE SOLICITATION FOR OFFICIAL DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS OF SITE VISITS AND DEADLINES. For the purposes of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its average annual revenue for the last three (3) years is less than $47 million. For information concerning NAICS and SBA size standards, go to http://www.sba.gov. It is the responsibility of the contractor to check https://sam.gov/ frequently for any amendments or changes to the solicitation. Hard copy documents will NOT be available – all documents for proposal purposes will be posted at the website for download by interested parties. NOTE: Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database is mandatory to be considered for award. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at: https://www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to complete SAM registration as soon as possible; the government may not delay award for the purpose of allowing a contractor additional time to register in SAM.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

** See attached scope exerpt and estimated budget, posted 3/31/2025 ** This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, Solicitation 75H70125R00030, for GIS Support Services for the Indian Health Service (IHS) Offi... ** See attached scope exerpt and estimated budget, posted 3/31/2025 ** This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, Solicitation 75H70125R00030, for GIS Support Services for the Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHI). This procurement is for a single-award IDIQ contract to provide support for the implementation of GIS within the OEHE Program through tasks including, but not limited to, development and maintenance of feature service schemas, quality assurance/quality control, policy and guideline development support, apps and tool development, maintenance of the portal sites page, technical support, resource development, and training. This project will be procured as a total small business set-aside under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services with a size standard of $19 million. A tiered evaluation is anticipated to be used. This tiered evaluation will consider proposals from ISBEE’s first, Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) second, and all other small businesses third. The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation in April 2025 with proposals due at least 30 calendar days after solicitation issuance. This date is subject to change. A full scope of work, will be included in the solicitation documents. Hard copy documents will NOT be available – all documents for proposal purposes will be posted at www.sam.gov for download by interested parties. TERO: TERO fees do not apply. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE is anticipated to be a base year and four option years. A total of 5 years. CONTRACT TYPE: The IHS intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) IDIQ contract in support of this requirement. NOTE: ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. SEE SOLICITATION FOR OFFICIAL DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATIONS OF SITE VISITS AND DEADLINES. For the purposes of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its average annual revenue for the last three (3) years is less than $19 million. For information concerning NAICS and SBA size standards, go to www.sba.gov. It is the responsibility of the contractor to check www.sam.gov frequently for any amendments or changes to the solicitation. Hard copy documents will NOT be available – all documents for proposal purposes will be posted at the website for download by interested parties. This solicitation will be procured as a Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15 and 37 procedures with price only evaluation criteria. NOTE: Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database is mandatory to be considered for award. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at: https://www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to complete SAM registration as soon as possible; the government may not delay award for the purpose of allowing a contractor additional time to register in SAM. This notice is for informational purposes only and is NOT a request for submission of offers. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation itself. No bidder list is maintained. All potential bidders should register with https://www.sam.gov if interested in this forthcoming acquisition.

Inactive

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is conducting a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION as outlined in FAR 15.201(c)(3) to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of firms especial... The Indian Health Service (IHS) is conducting a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION as outlined in FAR 15.201(c)(3) 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. Interested firms are requested to reply to this announcement with a submittal as described below. Please note that a decision not to submit a response to this request for information will not preclude a vendor from participating in any future solicitation. 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 This scope provides support for the implementation of GIS within the OEHE Program through tasks including, but not limited to, development and maintenance of feature service schemas, quality assurance/quality control, policy and guideline development support, apps and tool development, maintenance of the portal sites page, technical support, resource development, and training. The IHS has a separate technical support contract to operate and maintain the GIS infrastructure and provide limited support services including publishing enterprise services, development of field map applications as requested, and other technical assistance (including coordination with other support vendors) as needed. Interested contractors shall possess the capacity, capability, and expertise to execute the following tasks: GIS Program Manager: The GIS Program Manager, or their designee, shall serve as a technical expert on the Management Team that meets monthly to discuss implementation, support issues, versioning strategies, hardware challenges, software portfolio recommendations, trainings, templates, user manuals, and all other issues related to GIS products within IHS. Help Desk: The intent of the help desk to provide timely support to IHS GIS users experiencing technical problems or that have hit a roadblock to designing or using IHS GIS products. The Vendor shall server as the primary help desk contact and gatekeeper. Vendor shall route any technical problems with the portal or feature services that need to be addressed by IHS OEHE portal admins or IHS personnel to the correct contacts and shall follow-up with the alternate support provider and ticket requester to ensure that the ticket has been resolved. Contacts to be provided after award of contract. The help desk shall be staff with subject matter experts in GIS workflows and software within the IHS ESRI software portfolio. Training Resources: Training resources includes the creation and/or execution of competency development opportunities including, but not limited to two-hour virtual training workshops, four-hour periodic advanced virtual workshops, multi-day trainings, and YouTube style short videos. Data Conversion: Convert existing legacy files (e.g., CAD drawings, PDF documents, pictures) from their current formats into an existing IHS GIS database with predefined layers and attributes. Work with the requesting IHS office to schedule a time to visit the appropriate IHS office(s) that have project documentation and/or visit the community site. The IHS will provide access to personnel, files, and access to a copy machine. Vendor shall provide a laptop and other equipment (e.g., camera) as needed for use during the site visit. The period of performance of this proposed IDIQ is anticipated to be one base year and four (4) one-year options, five (5) years in total. Orders for the above tasks will be placed in accordance with terms and conditions of the IDIQ. The type of work to be performed will be categorized under PSC code C219, Architect and Engineering – General, Other and NAICS code 541330, Engineering Services with a size standard of $25.5 million. RESPONSES - SUBMITTAL Responses to this notice must be emailed to Thupten Tsering at thupten.tsering@ihs.gov and must be received no later than published due date and time. Responses must include: Completed Attachment 1 For Native American/Indian Owned Businesses only, the contractor shall also submit completed Attachment 2: IHS IEE Representation Form (Jan 2022) For Native American/Indian Owned Businesses the contractor shall also submit the controlling enterprise’s Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood documentation. Please note that there shall be no personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers, included in the documentation submitted. Any PII shall be redacted prior to submission. All information received in response to this source sought that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Documents and/or information other than what is requested will not be reviewed. Information submitted beyond what is requested will not be considered. QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this sources sought may be emailed to Thupten Tsering at thupten.tsering@ihs.gov