** Amended 1/31/2025 to correct location from Eagle Butte to Wagner **

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is conducting a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION as outlined in FAR 15.201(c)(3) to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of firms especially small businesses including: Native American/Indian-Owned Businesses (Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE)), 8(a) Certified Small Businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone) Small Businesses, Women Owned Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), and Veteran Owned Small Businesses.

Interested firms are requested to reply to this announcement with a submittal as described below. Please note that a decision not to submit a response to this request for information will not preclude a vendor from participating in any future solicitation.

NO PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED OR ACCEPTED WITH THIS RFI. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requested.

Market Research is being performed pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify businesses capable of performing the functions described herein.

SUMMARY OF SCOPE

The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, supplies, and services to design and build up to four projects for the Wagner Indian Health Service Clinic:

Flooring: Provide and install flooring similar to Alto Wood LRV Bavarian Oak, Model WSA2026. The contractor shall follow installation guidelines of the flooring manufacturer. Install vinyl wall base as well. Install Tarkett Johnsonite 6” vinyl wall base. Submit on color. The floor covering and base shall be recommended for use in a health care facility. Coordinate with facility on any phasing.

Exterior Improvements:

Painting: This project will paint the brick exterior on the west wing to match the brick of the east wing, paint the window and door frames a dark bronze color to match new doors and windows. Paint facia.

Tuckpointing: Tuckpoint brick of building that is needed. Not all brick is needing tuckpointing, but same small areas will, roughly 1200 square feet.

Windows: Replace the needed existing window panes, with fogging and no longer sealed, with energy efficient glazed windows.

Propane Fuel Tanks: Install: A new propane system to include tanks, vaporizer, lines, and leak detection shall be installed, following project plans.  The boilers shall be converted to propane usage. The old line shall properly be retired so that no leaks will occur.

Plumbing: Repair the two 4” solder copper leaks on the water manifold that were found while

rebuilding the manifold. Plan with the facility for a water shut-down, and repair when most convenient for the patient care.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the anticipated project magnitude is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00

The type of work to be performed will be categorized under PSC code Y1DA, Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries and NAICS code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a size standard of $45 million.

RESPONSES - SUBMITTAL

Responses to this notice must be emailed to Thupten Tsering at [email protected] and must be received no later than published due date and time.  Responses must include:

1. Company Information: Company name, website, physical address, SAM UEI code
2. Point of Contact: Contact name, phone number, and E-mail address
3. If a solicitation is issued, will your firm/company be submitting a proposal? Indicate Yes or No
4. Type of Business: Native American-owned (IEE/ISBEE), SBA certified 8(a), SBA Certified HUB Zone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), and/or Small Businesses (SB). For more information on the definitions or requirements for these small business programs, refer to http://www.sba.gov.
5. Bond Capacity: Information on the firm's bonding capability - specifically identify single and aggregate bonding capacities.
6. Experience Submission Requirements: Submit at least two (2) but no more than five (5) projects completed by your firm within the last six (6) years that are similar to the work that will be required under this project. Firms shall include the following information for each project:
   1. Indicate whether Prime Contractor or Subcontractor for each project submitted;
   2. Dates of construction for each project submitted;
   3. Contract value, location, completion date, and complexity of job for each project submitted;
   4. Indicate whether the project is a federal, state, tribal or other for each project submitted; and
   5. Project references/Agency point of contact (telephone number and email address) for each project submitted.
   6. If the entity responding to this sources sought is submitting experience information from any entity that does not match the name, CAGE code, and/ or UEI exactly as stated on the submitting entity’s SAM record (e.g. affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies, etc.) the submission shall clearly demonstrate how that entity will have meaningful involvement in the performance of the contract and specifically address which resources would be committed to the contract. Failure to comply with this requirement or failure to adequately demonstrate meaningful involvement and commitment of resources on behalf of that entity may result in that experience information to be considered not relevant.
   7. Along with the project experience submission, the following questions shall be answered in your firms’ submission:
      1. How is your company structured to handle quality control of the various disciplines of a construction project? (i.e., what position(s) (full-time/part-time) are employed under your company to perform QC?)
      2. Does your company primarily handle the construction activities related to construction management by the prime contractor and if so, what are those activities? 
      3. Does your company self-perform any of the construction disciplines, if so, what are those disciplines?  What disciplines does your company anticipate self-performing for this specific project?

For Native American/Indian Owned Businesses only, the contractor shall also complete and submit Attachment 1: IHS IEE Representation Form (Jan 2022).

For Native American/Indian Owned Businesses only, the contractor shall submit the controlling enterprise’s Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood documentation. Please note that there shall be no personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers, included in the documentation submitted. Any PII shall be redacted prior to submission.

All information received in response to this source sought that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Documents and/or information other than what is requested will not be reviewed.  Information submitted beyond what is requested will not be considered.

QUESTIONS:

Questions regarding this sources sought may be emailed to Thupten Tsering at [email protected]