Sources Sought: Laundry Services to be provided for the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center (WWKMHCC), Sisseton, SD.
Overview
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Indian Health Service (IHS), Great Plains Area Office, is conducting a Sources Sought for Laundry Services to be provided for the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center (WWKMHCC) in Sisseton, SD. This market research aims to identify Indian Small Businesses Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), Indian Economic Enterprises (IEE), or Other Small Businesses capable of performing the work. The anticipated acquisition will be a Firm Fixed-Price purchase order. Responses are due by April 15, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Central Time.
Scope of Work
The contractor will provide comprehensive laundry and linen services for WWKMHCC. This includes:
- Pickup of soiled linen from the facility.
- Transport to the contractor's laundry plant.
- Processing operations (washing, drying, packaging) ensuring maximum sterilization and meeting accepted accreditation standards (Joint Commission or AAAHC) for tensile strength loss and whiteness retention.
- Delivery of clean, processed, and packaged linen back to the clinic.
- Special handling for infectious disease linen (bagged separately in white bags marked "INFECTIOUS DISEASE LINEN") and separate processing for WWKMHCC laundry from other customers.
- Collections and deliveries are required at least twice weekly, coordinated with the Facilities Manager, with deliveries made in a closed laundry vehicle.
Contract & Timeline
- Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (for market research and planning purposes only)
- Anticipated Award Type: Firm Fixed-Price non-personal service purchase order
- Anticipated Duration: 12 months from the date of award
- Set-Aside: Buy Indian Set-Aside (BICiv) is being considered.
- Anticipated NAICS: 812320 – Drycleaning and Laundry Services
- Response Due: April 15, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Central Time
- Published: April 1, 2026
- Place of Performance: Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center, 100 Lake Traverse Drive, Sisseton, SD.
Capability Statement Requirements
Interested parties should submit a capability statement not exceeding 10 single-sided pages (12-point font, 1-inch margins, Microsoft Word or PDF). It should include:
- Overview of opinions on requirement difficulty/feasibility and innovative ideas.
- Details on current capability, capacity, prior similar events, organizational experience, and management capability.
- Examples of prior completed Government contracts.
- UEI number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) pursuant to NAICS 541380 - Testing Laboratories and Services.
- Any other helpful information for developing the acquisition.
- Proprietary information should be marked, and current certified small business status clearly indicated on the first page.
Submission Instructions & Notes
Responses must be emailed to Andrea Whipple at Andrea.Whipple@ihs.gov. The subject line must include "Sources Sought Number IHS-SS-26-1524308". All responses must be received by the specified due date and time. This notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or obligation to award a contract. IHS may issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) based on responses. Payments for any resulting award will be processed through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (www.ipp.gov).