The Indian Health Service is recompeting locum tenens services for family practice providers with an estimated solicitation release on June 1, 2026, and estimated award on September 1, 2026. The procurement falls under NAICS 621111 (Offices of Physicians) and is not set-aside by category, though the source does not specify whether Buy Indian preference applies to this recompete. The contractor must provide temporary medical staffing to support family practice delivery at a rural healthcare location.

The estimated award value ranges from $1.5 million to $3 million. Place of performance is Browning, Montana. DeeAndra Salabye, Contracting Officer at Indian Health Service, is the primary point of contact (deeandra.salabye@ihs.gov, 406-208-8857), with Ernest Gray also listed as a contact (ernest.gray@ihs.gov).

The incumbent award is a definitive contract (75H70925C00008) held by Prairie Band Health Services Inc., an 8(a) tribally owned small business, issued September 19, 2025, under a Buy Indian set-aside. The contract carries a ceiling value of $6,025,467.20 and covers temporary medical staffing across multiple specialties including family practice physicians, OB/GYN physicians, emergency room physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified registered nurse anesthetists at the Blackfeet Service Unit in Browning, Montana, for the period December 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The base obligated amount is $2,046,528.80.

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