Tele-Emergency (Tele-Ed) High-Acuity Emergency Support and Telemedicine Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Evaluation support services for Great Plains Area Indian Health Service Units

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION No. 75H70627R00007 A. NOTICE TYPE This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services is prepared using the format prescribed by FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented by the information contained herein. This announcement constitutes the solicitation. Proposals are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued unless otherwise determined by the Contracting Officer. B. CONTRACT AWARD The Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (IHS) intends to award a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ), Non-Personal Services contract for 24/7/365 telemedicine clinical support services for five (5) rural hospitals with Indian Health Service facilities in North Dakota and South Dakota ("Spoke Sites"). The contractor shall provide Tele-Emergency (Tele-ED) high-acuity emergency support and Telemedicine Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Evaluation (TeleSAMFE/TeleSANE) support services identified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and individual task orders. The anticipated start date is August 1, 2027. Services will be ordered through written task orders issued by the Contracting Officer (CO) or authorized Ordering Official. Each task order will identify the applicable period of performance, covered facilities, required hours of coverage and staffing/surge expectations, reporting cadence, site-specific workflows, and applicable performance metrics. The Contractor shall furnish qualified licensed independent Tele-ED clinicians and TeleSAMFE/TeleSANE clinicians, qualified prescribing providers when required, staffing management, surge capability, credentialing support, and all other Contractor-furnished resources necessary to perform the PWS and applicable task orders. Contractor personnel shall perform as independent contractor personnel and shall not be supervised or controlled by Government personnel. C. SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES This solicitation incorporates applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) provisions and clauses in effect as of the date of issuance. Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC): 2026-01, effective March 13, 2026. Acquisition-specific provisions and clauses shall be reviewed and incorporated by the Contracting Officer prior to release. Because this acquisition is structured as an IDIQ, the resulting solicitation and contract will include applicable indefinite-delivery provisions and clauses, including FAR 52.216-18, Ordering; FAR 52.216-19, Order Limitations; and FAR 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity. D. SET-ASIDE INFORMATION This requirement is issued as an: Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) Set-Aside NAICS Code: 621999 - All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services Size Standard: $13.5 million The Offeror shall meet all applicable ISBEE eligibility requirements at the time of proposal submission and award. E. CONTRACT TYPE AND PRICING REQUIREMENTS The anticipated contract type is: Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ), Non-Personal Healthcare Services. Services will be ordered through written task orders issued in accordance with the IDIQ contract, the Performance Work Statement (PWS), and the terms and conditions of the resulting contract. The IDIQ contract will have a five-year ordering period consisting of five (5) years or sixty (60) months. The anticipated ordering period is August 1, 2027, through July 31, 2032. IDIQ CONTRACT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM Contract Minimum Amount: $1,000,000.00 Contract Maximum Amount: $7,500,000.00 Task Order Minimum Amount: $1,000.00 Task Order Maximum Amount: $1,700,000.00 Offerors shall propose firm-fixed monthly unit prices by facility for the ordering period. Proposed prices shall include all personnel, management, supervision, credentialing, licensing, professional liability insurance, administrative support, training, technology or resources not expressly Government-furnished, surge and backup capability, overhead, profit, and all other costs necessary to satisfy the applicable PWS and task-order requirements. F. PRICE SCHEDULE Offerors shall complete the price schedule below by entering a Firm-Fixed-Price monthly unit price and extended price for each CLIN. The proposed monthly price shall include all personnel, management, supervision, credentialing, licensing, professional liability insurance, administrative support, training, technology or resources not Government-furnished, surge/backup capability, overhead, profit, and all other costs necessary to perform the PWS and applicable task orders. The estimated annual consult volumes stated in each CLIN description are provided for offerors' planning and pricing purposes only and represent the Government's good-faith estimate; actual utilization may vary by plus or minus fifteen percent (+/-15%) without constituting a change to the monthly rate. The monthly rate for each year shall remain fixed regardless of actual consult volume within this variance band. Unit of Issue: Month. The quantities shown are for pricing and evaluation of the stated performance periods. Estimated consult volumes in the PWS are planning estimates only and do not guarantee actual quantities or clinical demand. The IDIQ contract maximum of $7,500,000.00 is an ordering ceiling only and does not represent the Government's estimated expenditure, anticipated award value, or guaranteed level of ordering. The Government guarantees only the minimum amount identified in Section E. Offerors shall enter their proposed Firm Fixed-Price unit and extended prices in the spaces provided below. Government internal cost estimates are not provided as part of this solicitation. CLIN Reference Key - Site and Estimated Volumes CLIN Spoke Site Est. Annual eCritical Consults Est. Annual eSANE Consults 0001 Pine Ridge IHS Pine Ridge, SD 3,[phone removed] Rosebud IHS, Rosebud, SD 2,[phone removed] Cheyenne River IHS, Eagle Butte, SD 1,[phone removed] Standing Rock Service Unit, Fort Yates, ND 1,[phone removed] QNBMHCF in Belcourt, ND 950 190 All CLINs are subject to a plus or minus fifteen percent (+/-15%) quantity variance to account for fluctuations in actual eCritical and eSANE requirements. Each CLIN covers eCritical Care (Tele-ED) and eSANE (TeleSAMFE) Consult Services as described in PWS Sections C.3.1 and C.3.2. Pricing Schedule - Monthly Unit Price by Year CLIN Spoke Site Yr 1 Monthly Yr 2 Monthly Yr 3 Monthly Yr 4 Monthly Yr 5 Monthly CLIN 5-Yr Ttl 0001 Pine Ridge, SD $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ 0002 Rosebud, SD $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ 0003 Eagle Butte, SD$________ $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ 0004 Fort Yates, ND $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ 0005 Belcourt, ND $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ $________ Total Evaluated Price $________ Each "Monthly" figure above represents the Firm Fixed-Price monthly rate for that year (12 months); the CLIN 5-Year Total reflects the sum of all five years' rates, each extended by 12 months. The Total Evaluated Price above will be used for proposal evaluation purposes only and does not obligate the Government beyond the guaranteed minimum stated in B.2. Price Evaluation The Government will evaluate proposed pricing based on the Total Evaluated Price for the entire potential period of performance. The Total Evaluated Price will be the sum of the extended amounts for the base period and all option periods. The Government will evaluate price fairness and reasonableness using one or more appropriate price-analysis techniques, which may include comparison of proposed prices received from Offerors, comparison with the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), comparison with historical pricing information for similar healthcare support requirements, market research, and/or other appropriate techniques in accordance ...