2024 Staff Quarters Construction Program

The appropriation directs the IHS Office of Environmental Health and Engineering to incorporate planning, design, and operations of buildings to reduce costs, minimize environmental impacts, use renewable energy, and incorporate green infrastructure and the most current energy efficiency codes and standards to the maximum extent practicable.

In an attempt to address a shortage of staff quarters units throughout Indian Health Service, DFPC will be allocating annual HCFC funds towards the planning, design and construction of staff quarters units. DFPC desires a fair and equitable distribution of funds for the construction of staff quarters units throughout all the areas of IHS. IHS justifies the number of Government quarters units it constructs by its determination that there is a present and prospective lack of available Government and private sector housing within a reasonable commuting distance of the IHS installation.

Call for proposals are typically sent to the Area Offices at the beginning of the fiscal year and are due the following January - February. The Division of Facility Planning and Construction (DFPC) reviews and prioritizes funding requests for activities that meet the requirements for Staff Quarters Program Funds.

Criteria to distribute Staff Quarters Program Funds are primarily based on:

1. Quarters Construction Priority Score (calculated using the overall need and remoteness of facility)
2. Cost per Staff Quarters Unit Built
3. Use of Energy Efficient features
4. Use of Sustainable practices

Requests for funding are made by submission of an IHS Area-approved; three-to-five page Request for Funding (RFF) to the DFPC. The submission should include supporting documentation including a Quarters Construction Priority System Scoresheet, summaries of studies, and cost estimates. This document is not approval to construct the project, but rather a funding request to support the project. A Project Summary Document (PSD) or Program Justification Document (PJD) may be needed for approval to implement the project, depending of the estimated cost of the planned project.

FY 2024 Call for Quarters Project Proposal Links

https://www.ihs.gov/dfpc/programs/#sqcp

For additional information, contact Mr. Peter Nachod, P.E., Manager of the Staff Quarters Program