R--Psychological Therapy Services

The contract is for Psychological Therapy Services under solicitation number 140A2325Q0274, awarded by the Indian Education Acquisition Office within the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Education, to support students at San Ildefonso Day School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The base performance period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with four optional one-year extensions through September 30, 2030, providing a potential total contract duration of five years. Services are delivered on-site and require adherence to established performance benchmarks of three hours of therapy per week and two evaluations per month. The contract is set aside for small businesses with a size standard of $12.5 million in average annual receipts, and it does not use a lowest-price technically acceptable (LPTA) methodology; instead, award will be made based on the most advantageous proposal considering both technical merit and price. Offerors must submit technical and pricing volumes electronically by the September 11, 2025, deadline, with the technical volume limited to ten pages and required to demonstrate relevant experience and demonstrate qualifications of proposed key personnel, including a master’s degree in psychology, national certification, state licensure, and a signed letter of commitment. All personnel must pass federal identity verification under HSPD-12, comply with whistleblower protections, and undergo annual cybersecurity and privacy training. The contract includes multiple FAR clauses addressing subcontractor restrictions, anti-kickback measures, combating trafficking in persons, employment eligibility verification, minimum wage requirements under Executive Order 14026, drug-free workplace obligations, Buy American provisions, trade agreements, and prohibitions on covered telecommunications equipment and services from entities like Kaspersky Lab and ByteDance. Pricing is not populated in the CLINs, and the total contract value remains unspecified, though the invoice process is mandated through the Invoice Processing Platform with electronic submission and compliance required for AAC, TAS, and ACRN accounting identifiers. Contractors must maintain active SAM registration, submit required representations, complete DIAR and FAR forms including the Covered Telecommunications Equipment Representation and the AI-IEE Representation Form, and ensure all documents are submitted as unzipped PDFs via email to the designated contracting officer.