Art Consultant Services for Desert Sage YRTC

SOURCES SOUGHT - NOTICE TO INDUSTRY

Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services, California Area Office, 650 Capital Mall STE 7-100, Sacramento CA 95814

Solicitation Number: 16-235-SOL-00011

Title: Art Consultant Services in the design placement and purchases of Art, for the Youth Regional Treatment Center in Hemet CA for the Indian Health Service, California Area Office, Sacramento, California.

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. This announcement seeks information from industry, which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. The information gathered will be used to identify potential sources and if this effort can be competitive or set-aside for small business. This is not a solicitation for proposals and no contract shall be awarded from this synopsis. No solicitation, no specifications, and/or drawings are available for this procurement. The Government is interested in all businesses to include 8(a), small business and small disadvantaged business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, HubZone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The Government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners.

The California Area, Indian Health Service (CAIHS) has the need for an art expert in designing, placement and installing art for the YRTC in Hemet CA. Please provide a technical package of not to exceed 5 pages on 8"x10" (front and back is acceptable) for each category below:

1. A description of any recent and relevant work experience (relevant experience within the past three years) of providing full-service art consulting services of a facility art needs and art placement (affixing of art in medical facilities important) of all types of appropriate works of art within specific psychiatric/rehabilitation/hospitals/
clinics/medical office facilities. Please list project separately with dates.
2. A description of previous projects, if any, in which you used culturally appropriate Native American works of art within the project(s).

This procurement is for:
• Service Contract, Firm Fixed Priced Art Consultant
• NAICS Code 453920 Art Dealers
• FSC Code - 5999 Miscellaneous Retail Stores, Not Elsewhere Classified
• IAW with FAR 52.219-14(c)(1), Limitation on Sub-Contracting Services, "At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. This notice is for market research purposes only. The Government hopes to issue a firm fixed price contract with a base period (90 calendar days) and one option (90 calendar days).