Ihs, The Institute For Human Services, Inc.

Ihs, The Institute For Human Services, Inc., operating as Big Band Bash A Benefit For IHS, is a Honolulu-based nonprofit organization providing emergency residential housing, medical respite care, case management, and supportive services to homeless veterans and vulnerable populations as a prime contractor on Department of Veterans Affairs delivery orders and as a sub-recipient on federal grants. The organization operates with no set-aside designation and competes full-and-open across both contract and grant vehicles.

IHS's federal footprint is concentrated almost entirely within the Veterans Health Administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 accounts for 32 awards and the full $25.2 million combined potential value across the vendor's prime and sub award portfolio—a singular customer concentration that dominates the organization's federal business. All VISN 21 awards are firm fixed-price delivery orders under single-award indefinite delivery contracts for Health Care for Homeless Veterans services. IHS holds five active IDIQs with VISN 21: a $5,648,890 IDIQ awarded August 2, 2026, running through August 1, 2031; a $1,700,000 IDIQ awarded September 30, 2025, running through September 29, 2030; a $1,500,000 IDIQ awarded April 1, 2024, running through March 31, 2029; a $2,000,000 IDIQ awarded February 2, 2023, running through February 1, 2027; and a $5,000,000 IDIQ awarded August 2, 2021, with ultimate completion August 1, 2026. Recent prime contract work includes a $511,000 delivery order awarded August 2, 2026, for medical respite care in Honolulu extending through August 1, 2027; a $215,441 delivery order issued April 1, 2026, for emergency residential housing through March 31, 2027; and a $187,245 delivery order awarded September 30, 2025, for contracted emergency residential services in urban Honolulu through September 29, 2026. All delivery orders are performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, with 24/7 staffed facilities providing meals, transportation, structured group activities, and specialized support addressing veterans' medical, mental health, and substance abuse needs.

Beyond VA contracts, IHS acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants. The organization received a direct grant award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development on February 17, 2023, for economic development initiative and community project funding, running through August 31, 2031. IHS also receives recurring sub-awards under the Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) administered through the Hawaii State Department of Education, with monthly awards from February 2024 through June 2025. The organization serves as a sub-recipient under the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for outreach and interim case management for homeless persons with serious mental illness. IHS receives recurring sub-awards from the Hawaii Department of Human Services for the Kaaahi Women & Families Emergency Shelter and Kaamahu Housing & Employment Office, providing meals, prevocational and vocational support, case management, and homeless prevention services. The vendor also holds sub-award positions under Aloha United Way, Inc., for permanent supportive housing funded through the Consolidated Grant, and received a HUD community development block grant sub-award for emergency shelter renovations and non-congregate shelter acquisition and renovation during the pandemic response period.

Recent activity has grown substantially—3 awards in 2022 to 16 in 2024 and 18 in 2025, with 10 awards recorded through mid-2026. Five awards carrying combined potential value of $1.3 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure. The vendor's primary NAICS category is 624221 (Temporary Shelters), with secondary strength in 624520 (Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities). IHS's federal footprint is tightly aligned to a single geographic region (Hawaii) and a single customer agency (VISN 21), with supplementary grant support from state and local pass-through entities.