Amendment 001
This Solicitation is amended to provide Answers to Questions. See Document A Q Response in attachements.
End of Amendment
The Billings Area – Crow Service Unit, Indian Health Service (IHS) is requesting quotes in
response to RFQ-CSU-23-001-JJP for Medical Insurance Claims Eligibility Verification and
Clearinghouse Services, Crow/Northern Cheyenne Hospital (CSU), and outlying Clinics. The
CSU/IHS intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order for Clearinghouse and Eligibility
Verification Services as provided in the scope of work.
The procurement was conducted pursuant to the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) Subpart 12.6 - Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial
Items, FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; as supplemented
with additional information included in this notice, and FAR 37.101- Non-personal Services
Contracts. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for
this procurement is: 518210 and the small business size standard is $35.0 million. This
solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular FAC 2022-07.
This solicitation is set-aside for Small Business Indian Firms (SBIF) pursuant to the Buy Indian
Act 25 U.S.C. 47. If IHS does not receive at least two offers that are reasonably priced offers
from SBIF’s, IHS will then evaluate quotes and consider award to other small business concerns
under the following 5-tier cascading set-aside (in order of first consideration to last
consideration):
• 1st Tier—Small Business Indian Firms
• 2nd Tier – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses
• 3rd Tier – Certified HubZone Small Businesses
• 4th Tier – Small Disadvantage Businesses
• 5th Tier—All other Small Business Concerns
Offers are due 11/7/2022, 02:00pm MST
SEE ATTACHMENTS FOR DETAILS
