Indian Health Service, 2900 Fourth Avenue North, Third Floor, P.O. Box 2143, Billings, Montana 59103

Q -- PROVIDE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT LEVEL OF AMBULANCE AND HOSPITAL/CLINIC PROVIDER COVERAGE FOR THE CROW INDIAN RESERVATION, MONTANA SOL RFP-244-97-0016 DUE 090897 POC Ms. Rita Langager, Contract Specialist, (406) 247-7293 or Mr. Jerry Black, Contracting Officer, (406) 247-7252. The Billings Area Indian Health Service intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to Big Horn County Ambulance of Hardin Montana. This contract will be for the provision of Advanced Life Support (ALS) level of ambulance service for the benefit of Native-American patients on the Crow Indian Reservation of Montana. Big Horn County Ambulance has been the sole provider to the Native-Americans population of the Crow Indian Reservation for the past ten years. The high degree of cultural sensitivity and rapport developed with this firm has led to a sole source recommendation bY the Crow Tribal Council. (See numbered Note 22). (0204)

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