SAM #IHS1529527

Sole Source Evaluation Support Services for IHS Produce Prescription Pilot Program (P4)

This notice announces the Indian Health Service's intent to award a sole source contract for evaluation support services related to the Produce Prescription Pilot Program (P4): - Agency: Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of Acquisition Policy and OCPS/Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention (DDTP) - Sole source vendor: CHN Nebraska, dba Center for Nutrition & Health Impact (CNHI) - Purpose: Evaluation support for the IHS Produce Prescription Pilot Program (P4), which addresses food insecurity in Native communities - Scope of services: - Create and manage the P4 evaluation framework - Coordinate data for existing and new programs - Organize and facilitate meetings with P4 support team staff and grantees - Provide nutrition security training and evaluation capacity-building for P4 grantees - NAICS code: 541690 (Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) - Sole source justification: No other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements (FAR 12.201-1) - Period of performance: One-year base period with four one-year option periods - No specific products or part numbers are mentioned; this is a specialized program support services procurement - Commercial opportunity: Limited to specialized consulting and evaluation services for nutrition and health impact programs

Description

The Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of Acquisition Policy and OCPS/Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention (DDTP) intends to award a non-competitive, sole source to proposed contractor, CHN Nebraska, doing business as (dba) Center for Nutrition & Health

Impact (CNHI). Authority cited RFO 12.201-1 Restricting competition and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The proposed contractor shall coordinate and facilitate IHS Produce Prescription Pilot Program (P4) evaluation activities to address food insecurity in Native communities by:

Creating and managing the IHS Produce Prescription Pilot Program (P4) evaluation framework, including data coordination for the existing and additional programs. Organizing and facilitating meetings with IHS P4 support team staff and grantees. Organizing nutrition security training and evaluation capacity-building activities for P4 grantees 

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