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Sources Sought - IHS OCAO OEHE Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction CAD, GIS, and Surveying Capabilities
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The Indian Health Service Oklahoma City Area Office is seeking information from vendors with capabilities in Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and property surveying to support the construction and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste systems for Native American tribes and Alaska Native villages. The initiative focuses on delivering essential sanitation infrastructure to individual Indian homes, including the installation of wells, septic tanks, drain fields, aerobic systems, water lines, and sewer lines, with field operations spanning locations in Oklahoma and Holton, Kansas. While there is no defined requirement or established scope at this time, the Office is actively evaluating market capabilities to determine the most effective acquisition approach, whether through full-time contractors or on-demand services. Vendors are encouraged to submit detailed information on their technical expertise in the specified areas and to clearly state their socio-economic status, as the procurement is subject to the Buy Indian Act and includes an absolute preference for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEE) and other Indian Economic Enterprises, which are central to the agency’s mission of promoting tribal self-determination and health equity. Responses must be emailed to the Contracting Officer by May 15th, 2026, with no formal proposal format required and no contract award guaranteed based on this solicitation. The notice serves purely as a market research tool, leaving future terms, performance periods, and evaluation criteria to be determined after vendor input is gathered and analyzed.
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Oklahoma City, OK, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) Oklahoma City Area Office (OCAO) Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHE) Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC) supports the IHS mission by providing engineering, technical, and financial assistance to Native tribes and Alaska Native villages for cooperative development and continued operation of safe water, wastewater, and solid waste systems and related support facilities.
To further this effort in assisting Native Americans and Alaska Natives, the SFC division has an implemented program which provides water supply and wastewater treatment facilities for individual Indian homes. This effort requires SFC to complete Computer-Aided Design (CAD), map in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and survey properties during the process of installing services for participants. The services include, but not limited to: installing wells, septic tanks and drain fields, aerobic systems, water lines, and sewer lines.
OCAO SFC would like vendors to respond with capabilities to complete the CAD, GIS, and surveying capabilities. The Government is open to a full time contractor or a service on demand, but is open to innovative approaches to complete the need. Field offices served include Clinton, Okmulgee, Holton KS, Pawnee, Lawton, Shawnee, and Miami.
IHS provides absolute preference under the Buy Indian Act to Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises and Indian Economic Enterprises. Vendors should present their socio-economic status and any other relevant information. Small and other than small vendors are welcome to respond.
Please send responses to the CO, Shelton Bruce, shelton.bruce@ihs.gov, by May 15th, 2026. The CO will be out of office until May 6th, but will respond to questions upon return.
THERE IS NO DEFINED REQUIREMENT AT THIS TIME. OKLAHOMA CITY AREA OFFICE IS DETERMING THE BEST APPROACH AND CAPABLE VENDORS.
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