Catawba Grounds Maintenance

This Amendment One (1) is to answer questions submitted and to update the instructions to offerors and price schedule.  See attachments.

The Catawba Service Unit is an outpatient medical/dental clinic serving the Catawba Tribe and other Native Americans in the area surrounding Rock Hill, SC. Standard operating hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday with occasional special clinics on Saturdays.

Contractor shall provide maintenance of the grounds surrounding the clinic. Contractor is required to furnish all labor, equipment, materials, supplies, and supervision for all work detailed in this contract. Contractor shall provide contact information for business hours and after hours for all seasons.

Please see SOW attachment for more information.

The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code for this requirment is 561730. The solicitation will be awarded as a single award firm-fixed price type contract. The location where the work will be performed, will be at the Catawba Service Unit as specified in the Statement of Work (SOW). The Period of Performance TBD.

This solicitation is set-aside for Native Owned small business. If Nashville Area Office Indian Health Service (NAOIHS) does not receive offer(s) that is reasonably priced, NAOIHS will then evaluate quotes and consider award to other small business concerns under the following 5-tier cascading set-aside (in order of first consideration to last consideration):
- 1st Tier - Certified Hub Zone small business
- 2nd Tier - Women Owned small business
- 3rd Tier - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses.
- 4th Tier - Small Disadvantage Businesses
- 5th Tier - All Other Small Business Concerns.

An organized site visit has been scheduled for April 9, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.  Participants will meet in the lobby of the Catawba Service Unit.  Any questions can be directed at Michael Thorne, Michael.Thorne@ihs.gov.

Please submit all questions by email to Michael.Thorne@ihs.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, April 15, 2024.

All Quotes will be due by April 29, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at https://www.sam.gov.

In compliance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M-15-19 memorandum “Improving Government Efficiency and Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Electronic Invoicing” directing Federal agencies to adopt electronic invoicing as the primary means to disburse payment to vendors.

Invoices submitted under any award resulting from this solicitation will be required to utilize the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) in accordance with HHSAR 352.232-71, Electronic Submission and Processing of Payment Requests”. 

IPP is a secure, web-based electronic invoicing system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRSTL). Respondents to this solicitation are encouraged to register an account with IPP if they have not already done so. If your organization is already registered to use IPP, you will not be required to reregister-however, we encourage you make sure your organization and designated IPP user accounts
are valid and up to date.

The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

If you require assistance registering or IPP account access, please contact the IPP Helpdesk at (866) 973-3131 (M-F 8AM to 6PM ET), or IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov.

Potential Offerors hereby notified that future information about this acquisition, including the solicitation and subsequent amendments, will be only distributed soley through SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation documentation will not be available. The SAM.gov site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed soley through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to
ensure that they have the most up-to- date information about this acquisition.