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The Department of Health and Human Services, the Tucson Area Office in Tucson, Arizona is soliciting quotes for Child Car Seats for the Tucson Area Office Injury Prevention Office. This is not a brand name requirement. Only Manufacture certified original and new equipment should be quoted.

All items require neutral colors, no pink or blue.

The Contract Line Items (CLINs) Structure is as shown below:

CLIN 0001:Evenflo Symphony with Free Flow (Olympus) Car Seat (neutral color) Item number: 34512376 (include shipping costs in pricing), 150 EA, Unit Price ________, Total Price ________

CLIN 0002: Evenflo Embrace Deluxe Infant Car Seat (neutral color) Item number: 3152198 (include shipping costs in pricing), 100 EA, Unit Price ________, Total Price ________

This solicitation is set-aside for Native Owned small business. If TAIHS does not receive offer(s) that is reasonably priced, TAIHS will then evaluate quotes and consider award to other small business concerns under the following 5-tier cascading set-aside (in order of first consideration to last consideration):

- 1st Tier - Certified Hub Zone small business

- 2nd Tier - Women Owned small business

- 3rd Tier - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses.

- 4th Tier - Small Disadvantage Businesses

- 5th Tier - All Other Small Business Concerns.

Please submit all questions by email to Michael.Thorne@ihs.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, November 28, 2022. All Quotes will be due by December 2, 2022, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at https://www.sam.gov.

In compliance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M-15-19 memorandum “Improving Government Efficiency and Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Electronic Invoicing” directing Federal agencies to adopt electronic invoicing as the primary means to disburse payment to vendors.

Invoices submitted under any award resulting from this solicitation will be required to utilize the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) in accordance with HHSAR 352.232-71, Electronic Submission and Processing of Payment Requests”

IPP is a secure, web-based electronic invoicing system provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRSTL). Respondents to this solicitation are encouraged to register an account with IPP if they have not already done so. If your organization is already registered to use IPP, you will not be required to re-register- however, we encourage you make sure your organization and designated IPP user accounts are valid and up to date.

The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

If you require assistance registering or IPP account access, please contact the IPP Helpdesk at (866) 973-3131 (M-F 8AM to 6PM ET), or IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov.

Potiential Offerors hereby notified that future information about this acquisition, including the solicitation and subsequent amendments, will be only distributed solely through SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation documentation will not be available. The SAM.gov site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to- date information about this acquisition.

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