Evaluation Services IDIQ

B.1. TYPE OF CONTRACT (FAR 52.216-1 (APR 1984)) This solicitation is being conducted utilizing FAR Part 13 as a Small Business Indian Firm/Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) set aside based on authority of the Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C. 47). The Government contemplates award of one or more Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract(s) resulting from this solicitation. SECTION C- DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT C.1. Title Indian Health Service - Program Evaluation Services C.2. Background The Indian Health Service (IHS) is the agency within the Department of Health and Human (DHHS) responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. As the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for AI/AN people, the goal of IHS is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. Within IHS, the Office of Public Health Support (OPHS) provides essential public health functions of epidemiology, surveillance, planning, performance, evaluation, research and statistical information and analysis. OPHS's Division of Planning, Evaluation and Research (DPER) provides leadership and coordination of the agency's strategic planning, program evaluation, and health research activities. This IDIQ contract will support evaluations of a variety of IHS Programs in partnership with IHS Program and DPER staff, and in some cases, may involve working with grantees. C.3. General Requirements Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall be required to furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform the work of the contract. Under this contract, the Contractor is responsible for the planning, coordination, development, implementation, delivery, and quality program evaluation and evaluation support functions to support IHS in understanding processes, outcomes, and either short- or long-term impacts related to Public Health Programs, Clinical Services and Healthcare Business Operations. This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort. The following schedule of tasks and deliverables outlines the requirements necessary to plan, organize, develop, implement, operate, and evaluate the tasks within the contract.