Mid-Atlantic Service Unit Art Therapy
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- IHS1515886
- Agency
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Indian Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- PSC
- Q519 Behavioral And Mental Health
- Place of performance
- Madison Heights, Virginia 24572, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Indian Health Service Nashville Area has published a Special Notice announcing their intent to procure art therapy services for the Mid-Atlantic Service Unit on a sole source basis. The agency plans to award the contract directly to Start Up! Art Therapy, which they have identified as the only vendor capable of providing the required artwork services. This procurement will be processed under FAR 6.302-1, which allows for sole source acquisitions when only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements. The notice serves as advance notification to the contracting community of this intended sole source award. The contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary labor and materials for the art therapy services.
The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to provide transparency regarding the agency's intent to make a sole source award while allowing interested parties to express their capabilities if they believe they can provide competitive alternatives. Responses to this notice must be submitted by August 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM MST to the designated contracting officer at velvett.cummins@ihs.gov. Any interested parties responding must provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government in future procurements. The government retains full discretion in determining whether to proceed with the sole source acquisition or consider competitive alternatives based on responses received. This notice explicitly states it is not a request for competitive proposals, and the decision to compete or not compete this requirement remains entirely within government discretion.
Notice text
The Indian Health Service - Nashville Area plans to procure on a sole source basis, services necessary for Art Therapy at Mid-Atlantic Service Unit.
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 and material.
The intent is to complete a sole source award directly to Start Up! Art Therapy as the only vendor capable of providing artwork for Indian Health Service Nashville Area Mid-Atlantic Service Unit. 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 velvett.cummins@ihs.gov by 8/8/25 5:00 pm MST.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Special Notice | |
| Monacan Service Unit Art Therapy | Pre-Solicitation |
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