Congress enacted Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to make health care services accessible to American Indians and Alaska Natives residing in Urban Areas. Title V ensures Urban Indians benefit from the specially authorized health care and referral services and provides Urban Indian Organizations with the ability to carry out these programs through grants and contracts provided by the Indian Health Service. Through IHS and the Urban Indian Contractors, Congress ensures the continuation and continuity of such health care. Title V stipulates that to be eligible to receive contracts under this section, contract recipients must meet specific qualifications. The applicant must be a non-profit body situated in an urban center. The non-profit must be governed by a board of directors that is controlled by Urban Indians and must provide for maximum participation of all interested Indian groups. This statutory requirement precludes sources that do not meet these qualifications from competing for these contracts.

This class of acquisitions are governed by the Synder Act of 1921 (25 U.S.C.§13), the Transfer Act (42 U.S.C. 2001), Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (P.L.94-437), as amended, and the Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C.§47).

This is a solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.203, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) # 246-23-Q-0157. Submit only written proposals for this RFP. This solicitation is SET ASIDE for BUY INDIAN/URBAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS in the Kansas City Area. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04. The associated NAICS code is 621111.

This RFQ contains Five (5) Line Items:

• 0001 Base Year 10/01/2023 – 09/31/2024 Outpatient Non-Medical Behavioral Health Services for the Oklahoma Area Indian Health Service. 12 EA $AMOUNT-BASE YEAR
• 0002 Option Year 1-Year 2 10/01/2024-09/31/2025 12 EA $AMOUNT- OPTION YEAR 1
• 0003 Option Year 2-Year 3 10/01/2025-09/31/2026 12 EA $AMOUNT- OPTION YEAR 2
• 0004 Option Year 3-Year 4 10/01/2026-09/31/2027 12 EA $AMOUNT- OPTION YEAR 3
• 0005 Option Year 4-Year 5 10/01/2026-09/31/2028 12 EA $AMOUNT- OPTION YEAR 4
• Total all years (See attached B-1) $_________.

Vendor Requirements: SEE ATTACHED SPECIFICATIONS

Submit RFP no later than: 09/14/2023 04:30 PM. CDT

Point of Contact: Noleen Powell, Noleen.Powell@ihs.gov.

Evaluation: FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Services (completed as follows):

(a) The Government will award a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Best Value (see criteria below)

To be considered technically acceptable, items must meet the following:

*Best overall response, price or cost and other factors considered.

*Proposed price/costs will be assigned numerical weights and these weights will be added

To the numerical weights assigned to the technical evaluation. The lowest proposed price/cost will be assigned maximum numerical weight.

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