Sources Sought Notice for Fort Hall Service Unit - Dental Instruments

This is Sources Sough Notice Announcement only.  This advertisement is not a solicitation for offers, nor is it a request for quotes.  A request for quotes may be issued at a later date.

This is a Sources Sought notice for Brand Name Dental Instruments needed by the Fort Hall Service Unit – Indian Health Service at the following location:

Place of Delivery/Performance:

• Fort Hall Service Unit – Physical Address: 33 North Mission Road, Fort Hall, Idaho 83203.

This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations.  There is no solicitation available at this time. We are seeking firms who can provide the following dental instruments for the Fort Hall Service Unit.  This source sought is accordance with 25 USC 14, Buy Indian Act with preference to be given to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEE).

Equipment list is provided in Notice ID: 75H71323Q00060 (attachments)

The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of all qualified native small businesses; (2) whether they are small business; HUBZone Small Businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification according to the North American Industry Classification System, code for the proposed acquisition.  Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.

This Sources Sought Notice Announcement is being conducted to meet the dental instruments, NAICS: 339114; size standards in number of employees 750, PSC: 6520. The primary objective of this requirement is to upgrade the dental equipment within the Indian Health Service’s at the Fort Hall Service Unit.

This notice is for the information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement.  This is not a Request for Proposals.  The Government DOES NOT intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement.  Interested parties shall not be reimbursed for costs associated with preparation of their responses.  Any proprietary information should be so marked.  Interested organizations presenting a Capability Statement in response to this Sources Sought Notice must identify their size status.

Indian Economic Enterprise Representation.

To be considered for an IHS Contract awarded under the Buy Indian Act, an offeror must represent that it meets the definition of “Indian economic enterprise” in response to a specific solicitation set-aside in accordance with this IHM.

Insert the following provision in all written IEE set-aside solicitations for supplies, services. Or covered construction, regardless of dollar value:

Indian Economic Enterprise Representation

The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [ ] does [ ] does not meet the definition of Indian economic enterprise as defined in IHM 5-5.6.F.1.

Notice to all potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application.

Responses should include: (1) Business Name, GSA Contract number and Address (if applicable) (2) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number, and E-mail Address (3) DUNS and NAICS code (4) Business Size SMALL or LARGE (5) Type of Business NATIVE OWNED, SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED, 8A, HUB Zone, WOMEN-OWNED etc.  All businesses eligible to provide this service are encouraged to reply as this information may be used to determine potential set asides for the above noted service.

All information submissions shall be received no later than Thursday, August 10, 2023 5:00 pm (EDT).  After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation may be published within 30 days.

All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to the Point of Contact below in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).  The subject line must specify the Sources Sought Number and Title.  CAPABILITY STATEMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Contracting Office Address:

Fort Hall Service Unit

Attention: Dulcey Evening – FHSU Purchasing Agent

1414 NW Northrup Street, Suite 800

Portland, OR 97209

Email: Dulcey. Evening@ihs.gov