Sources Sought : Cloud Hosting , Provisioning , and Management for Indian Health Service ( IHS )

2026-11-03

BUY INDIAN SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICEThe Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ), Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions ( OMAS ) is issuing this sources sought notice on behalf of the the Indian Health Service ( IHS ), to conduct market research . The goal of this market research is to identify prospective sources to fill a government requirement for cloud hosting and cloud environment management services to support the IHS ' effort to establish a Cloud Center of Excellence ( CCoE ). THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION . This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation , an obligation or commitment by the Indian Health Service or HHS . This notice is intended strictly for market research to determine the availability of Indian Small Businesses Economic Enterprise ( ISBEE ) and Indian Economic Enterprises ( IEE ). Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method , including whether a set - aside is possible . The anticipated applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 541519 - Other Computer Related Services - Information Technology Value Added Resellers . Pursuant to 48 CFR Part 326 , Subpart 326 . 603 - 3 and IHM 5 . 5 - 6 , Indian Health Service must use the negotiation authority of the Buy Indian Act , 25 U . S . C . 47 , to give preference to Indian Economic Enterprises ( IEE ), when authorized and practicable . HHS / OMAS does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted . HHS / OMAS may utilize responses to this notice to inform development a solicitation . Should such a requirement materialize , no basis for claims against HHS shall arise as a result of a response to this notice or HHS ’ s use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement . Disclaimer and Important Notes . This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or pay for the information provided in response . The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate . Thus , respondents should not include any sensitive or proprietary information in their submissions . Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization ’ s qualifications to perform the work . Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted . Brief Decription of Requirement : IHS intends to establish a Secure Cloud Center of Excellence ( CCoE ) requiring a FedRAMP High - authorized Infrastructure - as - a - Service ( IaaS ) cloud platform as the foundational element . At the core , the platform must provide a FedRAMP High - Authorized IaaS Platform with a minimum of 170 compliant services , enabling the full spectrum of cloud computing , storage , networking , security , and analytics capabilities required for federal healthcare operations . The infrastructure must support multi - region deployment with U . S .- only operations specifically designed to maintain tribal data sovereignty requirements mandated by IHS ' s trust responsibility to federally recognized tribes . At a minimum , solution must meet the following criteria , where relevant : FedRAMP authorized for High impact levelPhysical infrastructure for all all compute , storage , and networking resources located within the continental United States ( CONUS ). All personnel with access to tribal health data must be U . S . persons subject to federal oversight and background investigation requirements . IaaS or PaaS solutions must have documented integration withPalo Alto Cortex XSIAM and Cortex XSOAR , which form the foundation of IHS ' s current Security Operations Center . Splunk Enterprise Security toenable continued use of IHS ' s SIEM investment and established security workflows . Voltage SecureData integration required for Zero Trust Architecture Data Pillar implementation mandated under federal cybersecurity directives . Agentic AI capabilities which enable the automation objectives central to the SCCoE ' s mission of reducing manual effort by 60 - 70 %. Additional details can be found in the Draft Statement of Work ( SOW ) included with this notice . Submission Instructions : Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above - listed services are invited to submit a response by the date specified in this notice to the Contract Specialist , Renee Jones - Chuang , at renee . jones - chuang @ hhs . gov with the subject line “ ACQ - OMAS - 2026 - ORC - 0014_Sources ". Your submission must include the following information , at a minimum : Company Profile that includes : UEIName and AddressPrimary POC informationBusiness size and type of ownershipSocio - economic status / participation such as 8 ( a ), WOSB / EDWOSB , SDVOSB and HUBZoneIdentification of Native American ownership ( if applicable ) A brief statement of the company ’ s capability that relates to the described government requirement . Additional demonstration of capability may include current and past performance history for the same or similar requirementInformation on existing governmentwide contract vehicles including : GSANASA SEWPGovernmentwide acquisition contracts ( GWACs ) maintained by HHS or its Divisions and available for ordering . If claiming Indian - owned Small Business Economic Enterprise ( ISBEE ) or Indian - owned Economic Enterprise ( IEE ), submit completed IHS IEE Representation Form ( attached ). Automated responses or other responses that do not provide the requested information specified in this Sources Sought Notice will be noted as non - responsive and not considered in this Market Research . Interested parties may also provide the following optional information : Non - binding pricing information , such as : Commercial price listsPricing under GWACs or other governmentwide vehiclesAn informal quoteA rough order of magnitudeInformation on which services the respondent The suggested NAICS code for this requirement and rationale , if different from the one proposed in this notice . Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged , and the Government does not anticipate providing feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions . Interested parties may submit questions regarding the requirement ; however , the Government does not anticipate providing feedback or responses to questions . All questions may be used to inform market research .

Maryland

2026-05-02