The Indian Health Service awarded a purchase order to Four Winds Staffing LLC, a 100% Native American-owned staffing firm, for $786,000 with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2029, effective November 1, 2026. The award carries a 100% Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise set-aside.
Work is performed at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, where Four Winds Staffing will provide one registered nurse for temporary operating room services across a six-month base period plus four optional six-month renewal periods. The requirement calls for a nurse with a minimum of 24 months nursing experience including at least two years in operating room settings, with mandatory certifications in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. The nurse will staff the operating room, pre-operative area, day surgery area, post-anesthesia recovery, and endoscopy room on a Monday-through-Friday day shift plus on-call availability, totaling 1,250 regular hours, 100 call-back hours, and 600 on-call/stand-by hours per performance period. Service Contract Act prevailing wage rates apply. The purchase order originated from a competitive quote solicitation issued August 5, 2026, with quotes due August 10, 2026.