Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450A, Rockville, MD 20852, Attention: Division of Acquisitions and Grants Management, Acquisitions Management Branch

Q -- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (AHA) MEMBERSHIP POC Clare A. Mitchell, Procurement Analyst, (301) 443-0326. The Division of Acquisitions and Grants Management (DAGM), Acquisitions Management Branch (AMB), Indian Health Service (IHS), in Rockville, Maryland, is contemplating a Sole Source procurement to obtain membership for 49 IHS hospitals including associate membership for Headquarters East and the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD with the American Hospital Association (AHA). The requirement is to provide membership in the AHA by the IHS Hospitals operated by the IHS or by an Indian Tribal Organization Pursuant to Section 103 of the Indian Self-Determination Act (Public Law 93-638). (0343)

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