Congress enacted Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make health care services accessible to American Indians and Alaska native residing in Urban areas. Title V ensures Urban Indians benefit from the specifically authorized health care and referral services and provides Urban Indian Organizations with the ability to carry out these programs through grants and contracts provided by the Indian Health Service. Through HIS and the Urban Indian Contractors, Congress ensures the continuation and continuity of such health care. Title V stipulates that to be eligible to receive contracts under this section, contract recipients must meet specific qualifications. The applicant must be a non-profit body situation in an urban center. The non-profit must be governed by a board of directors that is controlled by Urban Indians and must provide for maximum participation of all interested Indian groups. This statutory requirement precludes sources that do not meet these qualifications from competing for these contracts.
The class of acquisitions are governed by the Synder Act of 1921 (25 U.S.S. §13), The Transfer Act (42 U.S.C. 2001) Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (P.L. 94-437), as amended, and the Buys Indian Act (25 U.S.C. §47).
This is a solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.203, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) # 246-25-Q-0001. Submit only written proposals for this RFP. This solicitation is SET ASIDE FOR BUY INDIAN/URBAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS in the Wichita, Kansas urban area. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions an clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-25. The associated NAICS code is 621111.
This RFQ contains Five (5) Line Items:
CLIN DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE TOTAL
0001 Base Year 11/01/2024 – 10/31/2025 Medical Services for Wichita, KS Urban Area 12 EA $AMOUNT $BASE YEAR
0002 Option Year 1-Year 2 11/01/2025-10/31/2026 12 EA $AMOUNT $OPTION YEAR 1
0003 Option Year 2-Year 3 11/01/2026-10/31/2027 12 EA $AMOUNT $OPTION YEAR 2
0004 Option Year 3-Year 4 11/01/2027-10/31/2028 12 EA $AMOUNT $OPTION YEAR 3
0005 Option Year 4-Year 5 11/01/2028-10/31/2029 12 EA $AMOUNT $OPTION YEAR 4
Vendor Requirements: SEE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS
Submit RFP no later than: 10/10/2024 04:30PM CDT.
POINT OF CONTACT: Laura Kasten, laura.kasten@ihs.gov
Evaluation FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Services (completed as follows):
- The Government will award a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offers confirming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be sued to evaluate offers:
Best Value (see criteria below)
To be considered technically acceptable, items must meet the following:
*Best overall response, price or cost and other factors considered.
*The lowest proposed price/cost will be assigned.
