This Sources Sought Notice is for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility issued in accordance with FAR 5.101. The purpose of this notice is to identify potential sources for providing food packaging at the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. This notice does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation or make an award OR to prelude a solicitation expected to be issued from closure of notice.

Chinle Service Unit includes the hospital and brand new ambulatory care center in Chinle, and two health centers- one in Pinon and the other in Tsaile.

We provide medical care for approximately 35,000 Navajo. Serving a rural area, many of our patients travel 100 miles round trip to receive care and do not have electricity or running water in their homes. And, most of our elderly patients speak only Navajo, and live according to traditional Navajo cultural practices. The Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility and Ambulatory Care Center is a 60 bed inpatient hospital and outpatient facility. Services offered are: Adult inpatient and Pediatric Inpatient Care, Outpatient Primary Care, Adult Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Podiatry, OBGYN, Labor & Delivery, Womens Health, Midwifery, Mental Health, Pharmacy, Optometry, Dental, PT, OT, Speech Pathology, Audiology, Lab, Public Health and School Health.

We live in one of the most scenic areas of the country, and offer almost unlimited opportunities for outdoor recreational activities.

History of the Service Unit

In 1955, the Indian Health Service (IHS) began providing outpatient health care for the people of Chinle. From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, Cornell University operated a clinic north of Chinle at Many Farms. The Cornell Project utilized health professionals for home visitation, as well as to train Navajo Workers. Although this service was provided and because hospitalization required patients to travel more than fifty miles from home, the community felt a need for a more comprehensive health care system.

In 1977, the Chinle Hospital Steering committee was formed. This group, comprised of community people as well as IHS personnel, was successful in persuading Congress to set aside funds for the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. In the summer of 1982, the dedication of the new facility represented many people working together to make a full range of health care services available to the people of Chinle.

Description of Supplies: The Contractor shall provide food packaging.

Delivery Timeframe: 01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024

Shipping Address: Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility

Highway191 and Hospital Drive

Chinle, AZ 86503

FOB: Origin

Instructions to Industry: All capable parties are encouraged to respond. Responses must directly demonstrate the company’s capability, experience, and ability to marshal resources to effectively and efficiently perform the objectives described above. Generic capability statements are not sufficient and will not be considered compliant with the requirements of this notice.

The Government requests interested parties submit a written response to this notice which includes:

1. Company Name and Company SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number.
2. System for Award Management (SAM) registration status. All respondents must register on the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov .
3. Name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a company point of contact who has the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with government representatives.
4. Date submitted.
5. Applicable company GSA Schedule number or other available procurement vehicle.
6. Business Size Standard of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.).
7. Capability Statement: Detailed capability statement addressing the company’s qualifications and ability to provide the requirements listed herein, with appropriate and specific documentation supporting claims of recent organizational and staff capability to support this requirement. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.
8. Geographic Coverage: Please identify the areas of the United States where your organization provides these supplies.
9. References: Provide a list of all private industry or government contracts for similar items that you have delivered within the last 3 years. Please include the customers’ contact names, addresses, telephone number, dollar value of contract, and brief description of the supplies provided on the contract.
10. Specifications: Provide evidence that you can meet the attached Specifications.
11. Delivery/Logistics: Provide evidence that the item is readily available and can meet the Delivery Timeframe.
12. If American Indian/Native American owned small business, then complete attached IEE Representation form.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award contract. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this sources sought synopsis is strictly voluntary. Responses will not be returned. No entitlements to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses, or the Governments use of such information or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published on a government GPE. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Responses must be submitted via email to the Primary POC no later than specified closing date.

**NO QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Attachments:

-IEE Representation form

-Specifications

Primary POC:

Ken Parrish, Procurement Technician

Ken.Parrish@ihs.gov

(928) 674-7634

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