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75H70124Q00047 Sources Sought:

DFPC Technical Writing Services

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 requirement is to complete the task of writing a handbook of how to operate the projects and programs in DFPC. With three (3) of the four (4) staff in DFPC eligible for retirement today so the

Government has a current need of a handbook for sound succession planning. This handbook will be referenced when engineers working in DFPC are tasked to complete various duties.

The type of work to be performed will be categorized under PSC code T099 Other Photographic, Mapping, Printing and Publication Services, and NAICS code 513130, Book Publishers with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

RESPONSES - SUBMITTAL

Responses to this notice must be emailed to Robert S. Miller at Robert.Miller2@ihs.gov and must be received no later than 2:00 pm CST, on 25 September 2024. Responses must include:

1. Company Information: Company name, website, physical address, SAM UEI code

2. Point of Contact: Contact name, phone number, and E-mail address

3. If a solicitation is issued, will your firm/company be submitting a bid/quote? Indicate Yes or No

4. Type of Business: Native American-owned (IEE/ISBEE), SBA certified 8(a), SBA Certified HUB

Zone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small

Business (WOSB), and/or Small Businesses (SB). For more information on the definitions or requirements for these small business programs, refer to http://www.sba.gov.

5. Experience Submission Requirements: Submit at least two (2) but no more than five (5) similar requirements completed by your firm/company within the last six (6) years that are similar to the work that will be required under this requirement. Firms/companies shall include the following information for each requirement:

a. Indicate whether a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor for each project submitted;

b. Dates of services for each requirement submitted;

c. Contract value, location, completion date, and complexity of job for each project submitted;

d. Indicate whether the project is a federal, state, tribal or other for each requirement submitted;

and

e. Project references/Agency point of contact (telephone number and email address) for each requirement submitted.

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f. If the entity responding to this sources sought is submitting experience information from any entity that does not match the name, CAGE code, and/ or UEI exactly as stated on the submitting entity’s SAM record (e.g. affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies, etc.) the submission shall clearly demonstrate how that entity will have meaningful involvement in the performance of the contract and specifically address which resources would be committed to the contract. Failure to comply with this requirement or failure to adequately demonstrate meaningful involvement and commitment of resources on behalf of that entity may result in that experience information to be considered not relevant.

g. Along with the project experience submission, the following questions shall be answered in your firms’/company’s submission:

i. How is your company structured to handle quality control of the various disciplines of a service type project? (i.e., what position(s) (full-time/part-time) are employed under your company to perform QC)?

ii. Does your company primarily handle the services activities related to management by the prime contractor and if so, what are those activities?

iii. Does your company self-perform, if so, what are those disciplines (job titles)? What disciplines (job titles) does your company anticipate self-performing for this specific project?

For Native American/Indian Owned Businesses only, the contractor shall complete and submit

Attachment 1: IHS IEE Representation Form (Jan 2022) along with 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 source sought may be emailed to Robert S. Miller at Robert.Miller2@ihs.gov.

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