COVID-19 Clinician Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHOs)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

Project Title: COVID-19 Clinician Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHOs)

Announcement No.: 75H70420R00008

The purpose and function of the Indian Health Service (IHS) is to provide comprehensive health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) through the IHS hospital and clinic system. The IHS requires professional healthcare support services in relation to the Agency’s COVID-19 response efforts. These efforts include the delivery of culturally sensitive and appropriate COVID-19 Clinician Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHOs) for pandemic impacts related to substance abuse, mental health and community health workers, etc. The IHS hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC), DUNS: 829868723, for the agency’s requirement for COVID-19 Clinician ECHOs.

The applicable NAICS code is 611430, Professional and Management Development Training, with the applicable sub-classification of Professional Development Training. The Small Business Size Standard is $12 million dollars. The period of performance for this effort will be a one (1) year Base Period. This sole source contracting action is being pursued under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

*See the attached Scope of Work attachment and Sole Source Support document for additional requirement information.

This notice is for informational purposes only, and is not a request for a proposal/quotation. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the Indian Health Service. Also, responses to this notice must clearly demonstrate the vendor's experience with delivering culturally sensitive and appropriate Clinician Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) healthcare professional training.

In addition, information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the requirement, and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, nor to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public on www.beta.sam.gov in accordance with FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Brendon Moran, at brendon.moran@ihs.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission, 75H70420R00008.