Non-Personal Pharmacist Staffing Services

The Indian Health Service seeks a 100% Indian-owned Small Business Economic Enterprise contractor to provide non-personal pharmacist staffing services to Gallup Indian Medical Center and Tohatchi Health Center in New Mexico, with proposals due August 25, 2026. This is a restrictive ISBEE set-aside, foreclosing competition outside that classification.

Place of performance includes both Gallup and Tohatchi, New Mexico, within the Navajo Area Indian Health Service. The contract structure consists of a one-year base period for 14,560 hours of pharmacist staffing, followed by two one-year option periods at the same volume. The NAICS code is 621399, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, with a $10 million small business size standard.

All placed pharmacists must hold current pharmacy licenses, BLS certification, and complete HSPD-12 clearance with fingerprinting and background investigation before performing services; pharmacists may begin work upon favorable FBI fingerprint check while background investigation is pending. Medical liability insurance of $1 million per occurrence and $3 million aggregate is required, with tail coverage for claims-made policies. The contractor must submit a Quality Control Plan within 15 calendar days of award and maintain a minimum 95% monthly staffing fill rate with 100% credential compliance.

Quotes must be submitted by August 25, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. MDT to Misty.Billy@ihs.gov in four volumes: administrative documents, technical capability (20-page maximum, Pass/Fail), past performance references (three to five completed questionnaires submitted directly by references), and pricing with hourly rates. Award goes to the lowest total evaluated price among technically acceptable quoters with Satisfactory Confidence or higher past performance ratings. Four Winds Staffing is the incumbent at Tohatchi Health Center; no incumbent serves Gallup Indian Medical Center. Amendment 001, issued August 19, 2026, clarifies HSPD-12 processing timelines, cost breakdown formatting, and Past Performance Questionnaire submission procedures.