Non-Personal Healthcare Services- Physician and Other Professional Ambulatory Services for the PRC Program

The Indian Health Service, Albuquerque Area Office, 4101 Indian School Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 intends to enter into: 1) multiple formal contract awards under a firm-fixed price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts, or 2) Rate Quote Agreements under the rate-quote methodology, to provide Non-Personal Healthcare Services- Physician and Other Professional Ambulatory Services for the Indian Health Service (IHS) beneficiaries that are eligible for the Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) Program within the Indian Health Service system. The non-personal healthcare services to be provided are for outpatient specialty health care services that are not available through the IHS delivery of health care; for example, cardiology, orthopedics, radiology, general surgery, oncology, podiatry, orthotics, prosthetics, dialysis, ophthalmology, eye surgery, urology, renal dialysis, etc. Services shall be performed at the contractor's place of business to IHS/PRC Patients in outpatient and inpatient settings. General duties include independently providing a full range of health assessments, treatment, including prescribing medications if needed to the patients that are seen in order to accomplish the required tasks. Two packages are available for download, but only one package needs to be chosen and returned and responses will now be accepted for a period of two years after the issuance of the solicitation. The applicable NAICS code is 621111 and this solicitation is unrestricted. The solicitation reference is 17-242-SOL-00018 and should be referenced in all correspondence/inquiries. The location for services will be in New Mexico and Colorado and must be in close proximity for the patients we serve. For a complete listing of all our facilities that issue patient medical referrals go to: https://www.ihs.gov/albuquerque/healthcarefacilities/. No hard copies of the solicitation will be provided. Any amendments to this solicitation will be available at this website and offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to this solicitation at this website prior to the time of responding to the solicitation.

An additional option is available in addition to the request for proposals (RFP) and is inlcuded; see "Rate Quotation Option" in attachments.

The Indian Health Service, Albuquerque Area Office, 4101 Indian School Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 intends to solicit sources to enter into multiple formal contract awards under a firm-fixed price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts, or rate quote agreements under the rate-quote methodology, to provide Non-Personal Healthcare Services- Physician and Other Professional Ambulatory Services for the Indian Health Service (IHS) beneficiaries that are eligible for the Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) Program within the Indian Health Service system. The non-personal healthcare services to be provided are for outpatient specialty health care services that are not available through the IHS delivery of health care; for example, cardiology, orthopedics, radiology, general surgery, oncology, podiatry, orthotics, prosthetics, dialysis, ophthalmology, eye surgery, urology, renal dialysis, etc. Services shall be performed at the contractor's place of business to IHS/PRC Patients in outpatient and inpatient settings. General duties include independently providing the full range of health assessments, treatment, including prescribing medications if needed to the patients that are seen in order to accomplish the required tasks. The solicitation packages will be available for download on or about January 23, 2017, and responses will be accepted for a period of one year after the issuance of the solicitation. The applicable NAICS code is 621111 and this solicitation is unrestricted. The solicitation reference is 17-242-SOL-00018 and should be referenced in all correspondence/inquiries. The location for services will be in New Mexico and Colorado and must be in close proximity for the patients we serve. For a complete listing of all our facilities that issue patient medical referrals go to: https://www.ihs.gov/albuquerque/healthcarefacilities/ . All information for this solicitation will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the solicitation will be provided. Any amendments to this solicitation will be available at this website and offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to this solicitation at this website prior to the time of responding to the solicitation. Any questions pertaining to the solicitation must be provided to the contract specialist at either patricia.trujillo@ihs.gov or the physical address listed herein to be considered for a response. This is the pre-solicitation notice only. Please do not send questions until after the solicitation is posted on or about January 23, 2017.