Emergency Room (ER) Physician Services at the Fort Yates IHS-Healthcare Facility, in Ft. Yates, North Dakota (RFP-15-241-SOL-00062)

THIS SOLICITATION IS ISSUED AS UNRESTRICTED. Emergency Room (ER) Physician Services at the Fort Yates Indian Health Service Healthcare Facility, in Fort Yates, North Dakota (RFP-15-241-SOL-00062) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items (Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994) (Public Law 103-355) & FAR 37.4, Non-personal Health Care Services Contract (10 U.S.C. 2304 and 41 U.S.C.253). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation is contained within and can be downloaded at this FBO Site. The Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (IHS) intends to award a firm fixed-price, non-personal service, requirements type IDIQ contract, commercial item, contract in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) RFP-15-241-SOL-00062. This solicitation is issued as Unrestricted and open to all concerns. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-84, effective September 5, 2015. The associated North American Industry Classification System code is 621111 and the Small Business size standard is $11.0 million. The contract resulting from this solicitation is a requirements type of contract. A requirements contract does not obligate any funds. Funds will be obligated on as a needed basis and placed against this contract through the issuance of Delivery / Task Orders. Orders may be submitted electronically, facsimile, or hard copy. Period of performance: Base Year of this contract will be from "Date of Award" or November 1, 2015 through October 31, 2016 with four (4) One Year Options. Option Year 1 is from November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2017, Option Year 2 is from November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018, Option Year 3 is from November 1, 2018 through October 31, 2019, Option Year 4 is from November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2020. SECURITY CLEARANCE Performance of this contract will require routine access by employees of the Contractor or its subcontractors to facilities or systems controlled by the Indian Health Service (I.H.S.). Before starting work requiring routine access to I.H.S. facilities or systems each person must complete a FBI National Criminal History Check (Fingerprint Check) adjudicated by an I.H.S. employee using the Office of Personnel Management Personnel Investigations Processing System. Contractors shall allow five business days for I.H.S. processing of fingerprints taken electronically at an I.H.S. site and thirty business days for non-electronic processing of fingerprints using FBI Form FD-258. A list of I.H.S. sites with electronic fingerprint capability is available from the Contracting Officer. In addition, no Contractor or subcontractor employee shall be permitted to perform work under this contract if listed on the HHS Office of Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE), http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov. As soon as practicable prior to the start of work, the performance of the work the Contractor shall provide to the Contracting Officer the names of all individuals to be used in performance of work for screening against the LEIE. During the performance, the Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer the names of any additional or substitute employees for screening before they begin work. The Contractor is responsible for conducting security preclearance investigations in sufficient depth to ensure that each Contractor or subcontractor employee referred to I.H.S. is not on the LEIE and can obtain a favorable fingerprint clearance. Each security preclearance shall be conducted sufficiently in advance of the start of performance to avoid delays caused by denial of access. If this is a Time and Materials, Labor-Hour or Cost Reimbursement contract, the contractor shall not charge for or be reimbursed for labor hours or other costs incurred for employees who are unable to perform due to denial or access or the excess time required to resolve and clear unfavorable security clearance findings. If this is a Fixed Price contract, denial of access due to security clearance findings shall not be a basis for excusable delay or an increase to the contract amount. Government will pay for the cost to process the contractor's suitability clearances. However, multiple investigations for the same position may, at the Contracting Officer's discretion, lead to reduction(s) in the contract price of no more than the cost of the extra investigation(s). Contractor will need a DUNS number, TIN number and be registered with www.SAM.gov PURPOSE OF CONTRACT: See attached Statement of Work. Location is at the Fort Yates IHS Healthcare Facility, N10 North River Road, Ft. Yates, North Dakota 58538 Basis for award shall be made on best value to the Government when considering evaluation factors and price. PRICE SCHEDULE (SF-1449): Emergency Room Physician Services - the quoted unit pricing must be an all inclusive cost (to include but not be limited to transportation, food, lodging, per diem, and fringe benefits). The contractor is responsible for all associated costs for providing Emergency Room Physician Services. 1. Complete attached Standard Form 1449. Attached are the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Health & Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) clauses that are applicable including the following: FAR 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel, January 2011 FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting, November 2014 FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance, November 2014 FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, April 2014 (b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show- (1) The solicitation number; RFP-15-241-SOL-00062 (2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers; September 30, 2015 5:00pm ET (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary; (5) Terms of any express warranty; (6) Price and any discount terms; (7) "Remit to" address, if different than mailing address; (8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically); (9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; (10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and (11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, October 2014 (a) The Government will award a 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: - Problem and Approach - Past Performance - Management (See Technical Evaluation Criteria for a full description) Problem and Approach, Past Performance and Management, when combined, are significantly more important than Price See attached, Technical Evaluation Criteria FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, March 2015 FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, December 2014 FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, April 2015 FAR 52.216-18 Ordering, October 1995 FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations, October 1995 FAR 52.216-20 Definite Quantity, October 1995 FAR 52.216-21 Requirements, October 1995 FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity, October 1995 FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services, November 1999 FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, March 2000 FAR 52.252-1: Solicitation Provision Incorporated by Reference. February 1998 HHSAR 352.224-70 Privacy Act January 2006 HHSAR 352.227-70 Publications and Publicity January 2006 HHSAR 352.237-71 Crime Control Act - reporting of January 2006 Child abuse HHSAR 352.237-72 Crime Control Act -requirement for January 2006 Background Checks HHSAR 352.270-2 Indian Preference April 1984 HHSAR 352.270-3 Indian preference program January 2006 Offers will be accepted electronically, Submit to the following: Great Plains Area Indian Health Service Craig Wells, Supervisory Contract Specialist 115 4th Avenue SE, Room 309, Federal Building Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 e-mail: craig.wells@ihs.gov