NNMC - HPDP Wellness Program Coordination Services

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Indian Health Service — Shiprock Service Unit

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (HPDP) Wellness Program Coordination Services

Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC), Shiprock, New Mexico

The Indian Health Service (IHS), Shiprock Service Unit is issuing this Sources Sought Notice (SSN) to identify capable Indian-owned economic enterprises — large (IEE) or small (ISBEE) — that can provide professional wellness coordination and health promotion services in support of the Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) program. Services include wellness facility access for referred IHS patients and community beneficiaries, community-based health promotion event support, mental health wellness initiative support, health education training, culturally appropriate nutrition and cooking programs, concussion management equipment training support, and crisis prevention and de-escalation training for school staff within the Shiprock Service Unit.

Other capable firms are also invited to respond to this SSN. The Contracting Officer will consider responses for Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C. 47) opportunities first, then for set aside programs under the Small Business Act (41 U.S.C. 3104).

Background and Description of Requirement

The Shiprock Service Unit of the Indian Health Service serves a large and geographically dispersed Navajo population across 20 outlying chapters. Access to health promotion and wellness activities is limited for residents of these communities. The IHS HPDP department is seeking a qualified contractor to deliver a comprehensive, community-based wellness program that:

Provides IHS patients and community beneficiaries — who present with a written referral or written provider guidance from an NNMC-authorized provider — access to exercise equipment and aquatic wellness facilities at contractor-secured locations within 25 miles of NNMC Shiprock, New Mexico;
Plans, coordinates, and executes no...