Purchase Order 75H70624P00415

The Indian Health Service awarded a $1.12 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Bay Area Anesthesia LLC, doing business as Worldwide Medical Staffing, for emergency management services at Pine Ridge IHS Hospital in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The award, issued on April 12, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of February 11, 2026, represents a task order issued under Bay Area Anesthesia's larger $13.2 million Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-aside indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for emergency medical services and paramedic staffing at Pine Ridge IHS Hospital and associated clinics, awarded April 7, 2023, through April 2026. This contract falls under the Indian Health Service's mission to provide healthcare services to Native American communities, with Bay Area Anesthesia specializing in rapid deployment of qualified clinical personnel to address critical staffing gaps at federal healthcare facilities.

Bay Area Anesthesia LLC is a Mesa, Arizona-based healthcare staffing company structured as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business and Indian Economic Enterprise. The company has established itself as a primary healthcare staffing provider to the Indian Health Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Bureau of Prisons, with over 150 prime federal contract awards valued at approximately $140 million since January 2023. The company's core capability involves mobilizing physicians, nurses, paramedics, and other clinical professionals to federal healthcare facilities, particularly in rural and frontier settings serving underserved populations across multiple western states.