CANCELLED* Billings Area Wide Tele Behavioral Health Services

The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service (IHS) issued Request for Quotation 75H70926Q00001 for Tele Behavioral Health and Tele Emergency Behavioral Health Services to support the Billings Area IHS. The procurement seeks commercial healthcare services including 24/7 real-time telehealth support, emergency room consultations, sexual assault nurse examiner services, and behavioral health support across multiple service units in Montana and Wyoming. Contractors must employ licensed independent practitioners with emergency medicine experience and board certification, maintain electronic health records integration, ensure cultural sensitivity, and respond to clinical requests within two minutes. The government will evaluate offers using a Best Value Continuum approach, weighing technical approach, past performance experience, and pricing approximately equally, with the flexibility to award to a higher-priced offeror if technical capabilities are demonstrably superior. Technical questions were due by October 17, 2025, with quotation responses originally due November 7, 2025; however, Amendment 01, effective October 24, 2025, cancelled the entire solicitation due to identified issues in the Performance Work Statement requiring major revision and future reissuance.

This solicitation was structured as a 100% Buy Indian Small Business Set-Aside restricted to eligible Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) under 25 U.S.C. 47, requiring offerors to certify their eligibility under the Buy Indian Act and maintain IEE status throughout contract performance. The contract structure provided for a base year from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026, with four optional one-year extensions through December 31, 2030, serving five tribal service units: Blackfeet, Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, and Northern Cheyenne. The NAICS classification was 621112 (Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists) with a small business size standard of $13.5 million. Performance locations included multiple healthcare facilities across Billings, Montana, and surrounding service areas in Montana and Wyoming. The solicitation required offerors to submit four volumes addressing technical approach, past performance references, pricing, and administrative compliance, with detailed reporting obligations including bi-annual status reports to the Contracting Officer's Representative detailing consultations, patient acuity, and regulatory compliance metrics.