FPSU Sole Source Nemont

The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, specifically the Billings Area Indian Health Services, has published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award for telecommunications services. The agency intends to award contract 75H709-FP25Q-003 to Nemont Telephone Cooperative under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, which allows for sole source procurement when only one responsible source exists. The contract will provide local and long distance wired telecommunication services at three clinic locations within the Fort Peck Service Unit: Poplar, White Buffalo, and Chief Redstone. Nemont has been selected as the sole source because it possesses the necessary telecommunications infrastructure already in place and is identified as the only service provider capable of delivering these services in the remote area. The procurement falls under NAICS code 517111 for Wired Telecommunications Carriers and PSC category DG11 for IT and Telecom Network services.

The primary purpose of this notice is to inform the marketplace of the government's intent to proceed with a non-competitive procurement while providing an opportunity for other potential vendors to self-identify if they believe they can provide equivalent telecommunications services. Interested firms have five business days from the June 10, 2025 publication date to submit written notification demonstrating their capability to provide the required services, with responses due by June 17, 2025. This is explicitly not a request for competitive proposals, and no formal solicitation document is available for download. The government maintains full discretion in determining whether to proceed with the sole source award or convert to a competitive procurement based on any responses received. Any information submitted by interested parties will be evaluated solely to assess whether conducting a competitive procurement would be feasible and beneficial for this telecommunications services requirement.