BUY INDIAN SET-ASIDE - SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR OPTOS EQUIPMENT LOCATED AT LAWTON SERVICE UNIT (LAWTON AND ANADARKO, OK)

This contract is a Buy Indian Set-Aside solicitation under Solicitation Number 246-26-Q-0033 issued by the Indian Health Service, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, for maintenance and repair services on Optos Silverstone imaging equipment at the Lawton Indian Hospital and Anadarko Indian Clinic in Lawton, Oklahoma. The solicitation is exclusively reserved for Indian Economic Enterprises as mandated by the Buy Indian Act, emphasizing preferential award to qualified Indigenous-owned businesses. The period of performance will be 12 months from the date of award, with all services required to be performed on-site at the designated facilities. Contractors must provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance per manufacturer guidelines, 24-hour phone response capability, and 96-hour on-site response time for service calls, ensuring equipment availability and high performance standards. All service activities must comply with strict facility protocols including a tobacco-free environment, mandatory security escort, completion of visitor logs, confidentiality obligations, and prior coordination with the Biomedical Engineering Department. Contractors are required to submit monthly invoices and service reports within five business days of completion, with performance monitored through Nuvolo and UFMS systems. Failure to meet the Acceptable Quality Level—such as more than one instance of non-compliance per performance period for maintenance, response times, or invoicing—may lead to contract termination. Submission of responses is limited to five pages and must be emailed to Edson Yellowfish by the deadline of August 11, 2026, with mandatory inclusion of the solicitation number in the subject line. Offerors must be registered in SAM, provide their UEI, CAGE code, tax ID, DUNS number, and specify their socioeconomic status, with special emphasis placed on Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises. No pricing, CLINs, or contract values are included as this is a sources-sought notice, and the final award mechanism and evaluation criteria remain unspecified. The contracting office is located in Oklahoma City, and all administrative and payment functions are managed through UFMS, though remittance details and a designated COR/COTR are not identified in the documentation.