Sources Sought
Fort Yates Pharmacy USP Renovation
Department of Health and Human Services · Indian Health Service · Sol. 75H70127R00001
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The Indian Health Service is running a Sources Sought (market research) notice for renovating the pharmacy spaces at the Fort Yates Hospital in Fort Yates, ND. The work is phased so the pharmacy keeps operating. It is not a solicitation, and the notice asks firms to send information so the agency can find capable small businesses.
Watch out for
- Not a solicitation. This is market research only, no award comes from it, and respondents will not be told the results.
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS.
- Possible Indian-owned preference. The agency is looking for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises, so a later award could be limited or favored toward those firms.
- Work inside an operating hospital. The work must be phased with the pharmacy staying open, which adds scheduling and coordination difficulty.
- Generic capability statements rejected. Responses must follow the requested format, with project experience and bonding details, to be evaluated.
generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of their capacity and capability to perform the work required
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Renovate an existing hospital area into a temporary outpatient pharmacy and move pharmacy equipment into it
- Renovate the existing outpatient pharmacy (break room, office, consultation room, dispensing, hazardous drug storage, narcotics area, work area)
- Move operations back into the renovated outpatient pharmacy
- Convert the temporary space into a new inpatient pharmacy and future physical therapy area
- Convert the old inpatient pharmacy into nursing, medical and sterile storage rooms
- Replace the outpatient pharmacy air-handling unit
- Upgrade the Johnson Controls Metasys building automation system to the new Metasys User Interface
- Keep pharmacy operations running throughout construction
- Place of performance
- Fort Yates Hospital, Fort Yates, ND
- Estimated value
- Between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (anticipated project magnitude)
- Offers due
- 12:00 PM Pacific Time, October 20, 2026
- How to submit
- Email to Contract Specialist Jong Kim (jong.kim@ihs.gov); if unavailable, Contracting Officer Andrew Hart (andrew.hart@ihs.gov)
What to include when you submit
- Include company name, website, physical address and SAM UEI code
- Include a point of contact name, phone and email
- Say Yes or No on whether you would submit a proposal if a solicitation is issued
- State your business type (Native American-owned, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB or small business)
- Native American-owned firms: include Attachment 1 (IHS IEE Representation Form, Jan 2022) and Bureau of Indian Affairs Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood documentation, with personal information redacted
- Give single and aggregate bonding capacity
- Submit 2 to 5 similar projects completed in the last 6 years, with role (prime or sub), dates, value, location, completion date, complexity, type (federal, state, tribal or other) and references
- Answer the questions on quality control staffing, construction management activities, and which disciplines you self-perform
- Only send what is requested; extra material will not be considered
You must have
- The agency must use the Buy Indian Act to give preference to Indian Economic Enterprises where practicable, so Indian-owned firms may get priority in a later solicitation
must use the negotiation authority of the Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47, to give preference to Indian Economic Enterprises
- Bonding capacity information is requested (single and aggregate)
specifically identify single and aggregate bonding capacities
- Relevant construction experience: 2 to 5 similar projects completed within the last 6 years
Submit at least two (2) but no more than five (5) projects completed by your firm within the last six (6) years
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and period of performance
- Whether the later solicitation will be a set-aside, and for whom
- Contents of Attachment 1 (IHS IEE Representation Form), which is referenced but not visible here
- Expected solicitation date
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 20, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- 75H70127R00001
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · Indian Health Service
- Office
- Div of Engineering SVCS - Seattle
- NAICS
- 236220
- Product/service code
- Y1DA
- Business type
- Construction & renovation
- Place of performance
- Fort Yates, ND
- Contracting contact
- Jong Kimjong.kim@ihs.gov2066190638
Full notice text from SAM.gov
75H70127R00001 Sources Sought: Fort Yates Pharmacy USP Renovation in Fort Yates, ND. The Indian Health Service (IHS) is conducting a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION as outlined in FAR 15.201(c)(3) to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of firms especially small businesses including: Native American/Indian-Owned Businesses (Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE)), 8(a) Certified Small Businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone) Small Businesses, Women Owned Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), and Veteran Owned Small Businesses. NO PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED OR ACCEPTED WITH THIS RFI. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requested. Market Research is being performed pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify businesses capable of performing the functions described herein. SUMMARY OF SCOPE This project is to renovate and reconfigure the existing inpatient and outpatient pharmacy spaces within the Fort Yates Hospital while maintaining continuous pharmacy operations throughout construction. The work will be performed in phases to minimize disruption to hospital services, with any required shutdowns coordinated in advance with the COR and service unit. The project will first renovate an existing hospital area to serve as a temporary outpatient pharmacy and relocate the necessary pharmacy equipment, shelving, narcotics cage and vault, refrigerators/freezers, and ScriptPro robot. The existing outpatient pharmacy will then be renovated to include a break room, office, consultation room, dispensing area, receiving/hazardous drug storage room, narcotics area, and pharmacy work area. Upon completion, equipment and operations will be relocated from the temporary space to the newly renovated outpatient pharmacy. The temporary outpatient pharmacy area will subsequently be renovated into a new inpatient pharmacy and future physical therapy area, while the existing inpatient pharmacy will be converted into nursing, medical, and sterile storage rooms. Additional work includes relocating and installing pharmacy equipment, replacing the outpatient pharmacy air-handling unit, and upgrading the existing Johnson Controls Metasys building automation system to the new Metasys User Interface (MUI). In accordance with FAR 36.204, Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the anticipated project magnitude is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. The type of work to be performed will be categorized under PSC code Y1DA, Construction of Hospitals and Infirmaries and NAICS code 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a size standard of $45M. RESPONSES - SUBMITTAL Responses to this notice must be emailed to the Contract Specialist, Jong Kim at jong.kim@ihs.gov and must be received no later than 12:00 PM Pacific Time, October 20, 2026. In the absence of the Contract Specialist, responses may be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Andrew Hart, at andrew.hart@ihs.gov. Responses must include: Company Information: Company name, website, physical address, SAM UEI code Point of Contact: Contact name, phone number, and E-mail address If a solicitation is issued, will your firm/company be submitting a proposal? Indicate Yes or No Type of Business: Native American-owned (IEE/ISBEE), SBA certified 8(a), SBA Certified HUB Zone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), and/or Small Businesses (SB). For more information on the definitions or requirements for these small business programs, refer to http://www.sba.gov. Native American-owned (IEE/ISBEE) firms - Submit completed Attachment 1: IHS IEE Representation Form (Jan 2022) along with the controlling enterprise’s Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood documentation. Please note that there shall be no personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers, included in the documentation submitted. Any PII shall be redacted prior to submission. Bond Capacity: Information on the firm's bonding capability - specifically identify single and aggregate bonding capacities. Experience Submission Requirements: Submit at least two (2) but no more than five (5) projects completed by your firm within the last six (6) years that are similar to the work that will be required under this project. Firms shall include the following information for each project: Indicate whether Prime Contractor or Subcontractor for each project submitted; Dates of construction for each project submitted; Contract value, location, completion date, and complexity of job for each project submitted; Indicate whether the project is a federal, state, tribal or other for each project submitted; and Project references/Agency point of contact (telephone number and email address) for each project submitted. If the entity responding to this sources sought is submitting experience information from any entity that does not match the name, CAGE code, and/or UEI exactly as stated on the submitting entity’s SAM record (e.g. affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies, etc.) the submission shall clearly demonstrate how that entity will have meaningful involvement in the performance of the contract and specifically address which resources would be committed to the contract. Failure to comply with this requirement or failure to adequately demonstrate meaningful involvement and commitment of resources on behalf of that entity may result in that experience information to be considered not relevant. Along with the project experience submission, the following questions shall be answered in your firms’ submission: How is your company structured to handle quality control of the various disciplines of a construction project? (i.e., what position(s) (full-time/part-time) are employed under your company to perform QC?) Does your company primarily handle the construction activities related to construction management by the prime contractor and if so, what are those activities? Does your company self-perform any of the construction disciplines, if so, what are those disciplines? What disciplines does your company anticipate self-performing for this specific project? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Pursuant to 48 CFR Part 326, Subpart 326.603-3 and IHM 5.5-6, Indian Health Service must use the negotiation authority of the Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47, to give preference to Indian Economic Enterprises (IEE) whenever the use of that authority is authorized and practicable. The Government is seeking to identify Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) capable of performing the below Indian Health Services (IHS) requirement. Any firm responding to this notice should submit their capability statement as well as the Buy Indian Act Indian Economic Enterprise Representation Form (attached). Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs) as well as other small business are highly encouraged to respond to this notice. However, firms should understand that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of their capacity and capability to perform the work required. Please note that a decision not to submit a response to this request for information will not preclude a firm from participating in any future solicitation. All information received in response to this source sought that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Documents and/or information other than what is requested will not be reviewed. Information submitted beyond what is requested will not be considered. QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this sources sought may be emailed to Jong Kim at jong.kim@ihs.gov.
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