Child Maltreatment Identification and Reporting TTA Services for Nashville Area IHS

The Indian Health Service seeks child maltreatment identification and reporting training and technical assistance services for multiple locations throughout the IHS Nashville Area, with proposals due September 16 at 1:00 p.m. Central Time. This is a total small business set-aside under a firm-fixed-price Blanket Purchase Agreement; Amendment 1 opened the competition to small businesses without the Indian Economic Enterprise restriction, and Amendment 2 added a Questions and Answers document and extended the due date to September 16.

Place of performance includes six IHS locations: Nashville Area Office (Nashville, TN), Monacan Health Center (Madison Heights, VA), Mid-Atlantic Tribal Health Center (Charles City, VA), Lockport Service Unit (Lockport, NY), Mashpee Wampanoag Service Unit (Mashpee, MA), and Unity Healing Center (Cherokee, NC). The contractor must deliver a minimum of seven trainings annually to approximately 10–75 participants per session, with one-to-three-hour session lengths, either in-person or virtual. All travel costs must be included in an all-inclusive hourly rate with no additional travel funding provided.

The NAICS code is 624190, Other Individual and Family Services, with a small business size standard of $16.0 million. The period of performance runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031 (base year plus four option years). The contractor must have a minimum of five years of child maltreatment field experience, demonstrate a well-documented history of training healthcare providers in child maltreatment identification and reporting, possess at least two years of experience working with Tribes or Tribal organizations, and preferably has served as a court expert witness or participated in Child Abuse Review Teams or Child Protective Investigative Teams. All quoters must maintain active SAM.gov registration and provide a completed SF 1449 with active UEI number, completed price schedule (60 estimated hours annually), two-page narrative addressing key personnel qualifications and capacity, evidence of court expert utilization or CART/CPIT participation, healthcare training and tribal work experience documentation, minimum two relevant past performance references, and acknowledgment of amendments. Questions are due August 28. Award will be based on lowest price technically acceptable quote determined to be fair and reasonable. Service Contract Act prevailing wage rates apply at all performance locations.