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

This is a Sources Sought Notice in accordance with FAR Part 10, Market Research and accordance with 25 USC 14, Buy Indian Act with preference to be given to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises ... This is a Sources Sought Notice in accordance with FAR Part 10, Market Research and accordance with 25 USC 14, Buy Indian Act with preference to be given to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEE). There is no solicitation available at this time. This source sought is for planning purposes only, to assist in determining if this effort can be obtained competitively and/or as a set-aside for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) or Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) Firms or a 100% set-aside for Small Business concerns, and to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various interested business concerns. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for a potential procurement. The Government is interested in all socioeconomic contracting programs (i.e., Native American/Indian-Owned Businesses, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, HUBZone, and Women-Owned Small Business concerns). The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice with capabilities and identify your small business status with respect to the identified NAICS code. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized and posted on the SAM.gov website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor that site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. INDIAN ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE REPRESENTATION: To be considered for an IHS contract awarded under the Buy Indian Act, an offeror must represent that it meets the definition of “Indian economic enterprise” in response to a specific solicitation set-aside in accordance with this IHM. Insert the following provision in all written IEE set-aside solicitations for supplies, services, or covered construction, regardless of dollar value. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [ ] does [ ] does not meet the definition of Indian economic enterprise as defined in IHM 5-5.6.F.1. DESCRIPTION: The Indian Health Service (IHS) is seeking potential sources interested in providing wound care and orthopedic wound care medical items (see attached list) for Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center locate at 1270 Kot-Num Rd, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761. INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS: It is desired respondents include the following information within their statement of capability packages. Capability packages should not exceed 2 single-sided pages in length: a. Company Information: Your Company’s name, address, point of contact with email address and telephone number, Federal Cage Code, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS), and business size. Your company must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) to receive an award. To register, go to https://www.sam.gov. b. A Statement of Capabilities demonstrating the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities necessary to perform the work specified within the summary of requirements outlined above. Please limit your relevant past performance to the past three (3) years and include the Contract Number(s) or Customer/Company Name. c. Capability package responses must be sent via email to feyna.li@ihs.gov . Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. Paper copies of this announcement will not be provided. Any information received will be used solely for the purpose of market research. GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY: This source sought should not be construed as a commitment by the government for any purpose. Any information submitted by respondents to this source sought is strictly voluntary. Please be advised that all submissions become government property and will not be returned. Questions on this notice must be submitted via email to Feyna Li, at feyna.li@ihs.gov.