Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
ISBEE Solicitation: Emergency Department Registered Nurse Services (Up to 8 RNs) – Standing Rock Service Unit, Fort Yates IHS Hospital, Fort Yates, ND.
Department of Health and Human Services · Indian Health Service
AI summaryOnly Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs: Native-owned small firms eligible under the Buy Indian Act) can bid on this Indian Health Service contract for up to 8 emergency department registered nurses (RNs) at Fort Yates Hospital, Standing Rock Service Unit, Fort Yates, ND. It is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) with a 4-month base and fourteen 4-month options, up to 60 months. The response due date is November 30, 2026, at 12:00 PM Central. More in the summary
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Only Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEEs: Native-owned small firms eligible under the Buy Indian Act) can bid on this Indian Health Service contract for up to 8 emergency department registered nurses (RNs) at Fort Yates Hospital, Standing Rock Service Unit, Fort Yates, ND. It is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) with a 4-month base and fourteen 4-month options, up to 60 months. The response due date is November 30, 2026, at 12:00 PM Central.
Who can bid
- Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) under the Buy Indian Act: 100 percent ISBEE set-aside
- Small business under NAICS 561320, Temporary Help Services
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 29, 2026.
- Serious: ISBEE set-aside. Only Indian-owned small businesses that qualify as ISBEEs under the Buy Indian Act can win this contract.
- Worth checking: Number of nurses not guaranteed. The Government can fund anywhere from 1 to 8 RN positions in each period, so revenue and staffing needs can change every four months.
- Worth checking: Round-the-clock coverage in a remote location. Keeping qualified emergency nurses on a 24/7 schedule in Fort Yates, ND, takes strong recruiting and backup staffing.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Up to 8 qualified emergency department RNs covering the emergency department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Recruiting, credentialing, scheduling, supervising and replacing nursing staff, plus administrative support
- Work as set out in the Performance Work Statement (PWS)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), commercial services
- Period of performance
- One 4-month base period and fourteen 4-month option periods, up to 60 months in all
- Place of performance
- Fort Yates Hospital, Standing Rock Service Unit, Fort Yates, ND
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff: the Government may pay more for a better proposal
- Offers due
- November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM Central
What they'll judge offers on
- Past Performance
- Technical Approach
- Management Approach
- Price (the three non-price factors combined are more important than price)
What to include when you submit
- Price one firm-fixed RN month of service (RN/MOS) unit price for each performance period; it applies to every RN position in that period
- Review and complete the full package: Performance Work Statement, Price Schedule/Bid Sheet, Buy Indian Act/ISBEE representations, wage determination and any amendments
Not in the notice text
- How and where to submit proposals is not in the notice text; it is in the full solicitation package
- Nurse licensing, certification and experience requirements are in the Performance Work Statement, not the notice text
- Page limits and proposal volumes are not stated in the notice text
- No estimated contract value is given
Eligibility and how to respond
- 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 561320
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Great Plains Area Indian Health SVC, Aberdeen, SD
- Product/service code
- Q401 · Medical – Nursing
- Business type
- Administrative & staffing support (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561320)
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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