In plain English
The Indian Health Service is seeking capable vendors to distribute full-line food and disposable food-service supplies to the Lawton Indian Hospital Dietary Department in Lawton, Oklahoma. Vendors must provide delivery personnel, transportation, and other resources needed to deliver orders to the hospital receiving area. This is a sources-sought notice, not a request for bids; Indian small business economic enterprises and other small businesses are encouraged to respond.
About this bid
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. Pursuant to 48 CFR Part 326, Subpart 326.603-3 and IHM 5.5-6, the Indian Health Service (IHS) 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 Service (IHS) requirement for Full-Line Food and Food-Service Supply Distribution. Any vendor responding to this notice should submit their capability statement as…
Details
- Solicitation number
- IHS-SS-10222026
- Agency
- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 311999 · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
- Classification (PSC)
- 8945
- Place of performance
- Lawton, Oklahoma
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