Sources Sought
Sources Sought: Propane Supply Services for the Cheyenne River Health Center, Eagle Butte, SD.
Department of Health and Human Services · Indian Health Service
AI summarySources sought (market research only, no solicitation): the Indian Health Service wants to find small businesses that can deliver propane to the Cheyenne River Health Center in Eagle Butte, SD, for one year. SAM.gov lists the set-aside as Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE). Capability statements are due by the response due date, November 5, 2026, 10:00 AM Mountain. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Indian Health Service who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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Sources sought (market research only, no solicitation): the Indian Health Service wants to find small businesses that can deliver propane to the Cheyenne River Health Center in Eagle Butte, SD, for one year. SAM.gov lists the set-aside as Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE). Capability statements are due by the response due date, November 5, 2026, 10:00 AM Mountain.
Who can bid
- Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) status: SAM.gov lists this set-aside. The notice also invites Indian Economic Enterprises (IEEs) and other small businesses to respond.
- Current certified small business status, shown on the first page of the capability statement
- All licenses, permits and insurance needed to perform propane delivery
How to submit: Email to Jordyn Brown, Purchasing Agent, at jordyn.brown@ihs.gov, with Sources Sought Number IHS1530962 in the subject line. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Set-aside: Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE). SAM.gov lists an ISBEE set-aside, while the text also asks Indian Economic Enterprises and other small businesses to respond; the agency will use responses to decide whether a set-aside is possible.
- Worth checking: Sources sought only, no solicitation yet. Responding does not enter you in an award; a request for quote may follow later, and responses are not treated as offers.
- Worth checking: Delivery within 24 hours of notice. A small fuel dealer must be able to fill the tanks within 24 hours of a call, with a 100% on-time standard.
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- Worth checking: Contractor pays for spill cleanup. All cleanup costs for propane spills fall on the contractor, so insurance and spill response ability matter.
- Minor: Delivery hours Monday to Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.. Deliveries outside these hours need prior approval from the Contracting Officer or the Contracting Officer's Representative.
- Minor: Capability statement asks for event-space items. Item 3 asks for floorplans and photographs of event space, which do not fit a propane delivery job; ask the purchasing agent what to send.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- Performance Work Statement - Propane services.docx (read)
- Sources Sought Notice.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Deliver propane in approximately 3,000-gallon loads, or other quantities needed to meet operational requirements
- On each delivery, fill the two (2) 500-gallon tanks at the Upper Maintenance Shop first
- Transfer the rest of the load to the 12,000-gallon propane tank at the Lower Level Loading Dock
- Deliver within 24 hours of notice from the Facility Manager or designated representative
- Keep enough propane in stock to avoid any service interruption
- Deliver safely under federal, state, local and industry rules, and clean up any spills at the contractor's cost
- Provide all labor, equipment, vehicles and hoses, and hold the licenses, permits and insurance the work needs
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) purchase order for non-personal services, commercial item
- Period of performance
- One (1) year from the date of award
- Place of performance
- Cheyenne River Health Center, 24276 166th St. Airport Rd., Eagle Butte, SD 57625
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 10:00 AM Mountain Time (MT)
- How to submit
- Email to Jordyn Brown, Purchasing Agent, at jordyn.brown@ihs.gov, with Sources Sought Number IHS1530962 in the subject line
- Page limits
- Capability statement: 10 single-sided pages, including all attachments, resumes and charts
What to include when you submit
- Send a capability statement, not a price quote
- Include your opinion on how difficult or feasible the requirement is, plus any innovative ideas
- Show your current capability and capacity, similar work you finished, your management experience, and examples of past Government contracts
- Give your organization name, address, point of contact, DUNS number (the older company ID number) and size and type of business
- Mark your current certified small business status clearly on the first page, preferably under your name and address
- Mark any proprietary information as such, but do not include classified, confidential or sensitive information
- Format: single-spaced, 12-point font minimum, 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper, 1 inch margins, in Microsoft Word or PDF
Not in the notice text
- How much propane the health center uses in a year, and how the price is set (for example per gallon), are not stated
- Whether the agency will set the later request for quote aside for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises or for small businesses generally depends on the responses
- When a request for quote might be issued is not stated
- How the award would be decided is not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- If it goes ahead as planned: set aside for Indian small business economic enterprises: only those can bid as the prime contractor. More open indian economic enterprise set-asides under NAICS 457210
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Great Plains Area Indian Health SVC, Aberdeen, SD
- Product/service code
- 6830 · Gases: Compressed and Liquefied
- Business type
- Wholesale & general supplies (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 457210)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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