IHS Program Evaluation Services IDIQ

Support evaluations of a variety of IHS Programs in partnership with IHS Program and DPER staff, and in some cases, may involve working with grantees. The Indian Health Service (IHS) is the agency within the Department of Health and Human (DHHS) responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. As the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for AI/AN people, the goal of IHS is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. Within IHS, the Office of Public Health Support (OPHS) provides essential public health functions of epidemiology, surveillance, planning, performance, evaluation, research and statistical information and analysis.OPHS's Division of Planning, Evaluation and Research (DPER) provides leadership and coordination of the agency's strategic planning, program evaluation, and health research activities.