Intent to Sole Source: Tuscarora Health Center, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center COVID 19 Support
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- IHS1505340
- Agency
-
Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 62133 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
- PSC
- Q519 Behavioral And Mental Health
- Place of performance
- Lockport, New York 14094, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Indian Health Service (IHS) - Nashville Area has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to procure sole source services for COVID-19 support through Tuscarora Health Center and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Published on January 27, 2025, the notice outlines a planned procurement for behavioral health services related to COVID-19 detection, prevention, treatment, and recovery. The procurement will be processed under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, which allows for sole source awards when only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements. The notice specifically pertains to providing healthcare services within the Lockport Service Unit, with a focus on addressing COVID-19 community impacts. The special notice is categorized under the NAICS code 62133 for Mental Health Practitioners and PSC code Q519 for Behavioral and Mental Health services.
The primary objective of this sole source procurement is to enable the IHS to provide direct resources and follow-up care for COVID-19 patients within the Tuscarora community. The notice invites interested parties to submit evidence demonstrating why competitive procurement might be advantageous, with all responses due by February 14, 2025. Non-tribal members' access is limited to Niagara Falls Memorial Health Center employees, emphasizing the community-specific nature of the services. The contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary labor, materials, and equipment to perform the required services, including detecting, preventing, treating, and tracking COVID-19 impacts. Potential contractors must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence of their capability to meet the agency's unique requirements. The U.S. Government retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the procurement based on responses received. Interested parties can direct any questions to paul.carr@ihs.gov.
Notice text
The Indian Health Service - Nashville Area plans to procure on a sole source basis, services necessary for the detection, prevention, treatment, and recovery of the Behavioral Health effects of COVID-19 on the community; as well as plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, track, and help mitigate COVID 19. In addition the contractor will provide access to follow-up care for any identified patients or have access to direct resources where follow-up care can be provided and provide appropriate resources for identified patients who test “positive” for COVID-19;
The response close date of the notice for this requirement is in accordance with FAR 5.203(b). This acquisition will be processed IAW FAR 6.302-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) The Contractor shall provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to perform these services.
The intent is to complete a sole source award directly to Tuscarora Health Center, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Non-Tribal member access to the Tuscarora Territory is limited to Niagara Falls Memorial Health Center Employees. Due to how the Tuscarora Health Center is uniquely sutiated within the community, This Sole Source will allow IHS to provide Lockport Service Unit patients access to direct resources where follow-up care can be provided. All inquiries received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the U.S. Government. Interested persons may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement no later than stated above. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. For questions concerning this Notice of Intent, contact paul.carr@ihs.gov
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