U.S. CAPITOL - Ute Tribe

December 20, 2012
Ute Indian Tribally Designated Housing
Entity
Request for Proposals For Inventory Management Development
Services
The Ute Indian Tribally Designated Housing Entity
(UITDHE), Fort Duchesne, Utah is seeking proposals from
qualified individuals/firms that can provide Inventory Management
Development (set-up) services:
Interested firms shall submit proposals which includes a
business resume, description of the services to be provided,
three clients to serve as reference, provide history on working
with Indian Housing Authorities or Native American
Tribes, fee structure, types of expenses that are charged, and
identification of the individual(s) in the firm who will have
primary responsibility for providing services to the Housing
Authority, Each proposal will be rated using a point system
that is applied to the information provided by the offeror
that addresses the needs of the housing authority.
Scope of Work:
The individual or firm will assist in the inventory of
existing warehouse material and some housing authority
assets. Upon completing the inventory the information will
be entered into the housing authority’s inventory management
software program. Ute Indian Tribally Designated
Housing Entity (UITDHE) uses the Housing Data Services
(HDS) Inventory Management module. As the inventory
is taken there may be other work items identified which the
individual or firm may be asked to complete, time permitting.
The length of services for this work will be approximately
two weeks in length.
This Request for Proposal (RFP) is being advertised as an
open procurement with Indian Preference. Firms claiming
Indian Preference must submit proof of enrollment with a
federal or state recognized Indian tribe and proof of at least
51% Indian ownership of their firm.
The rating system is as follows:
•Past working experience with Indian Housing Authorities
15 points
•Fee structure & expenses 15 points
•Indian Preference 15 points
•Contract history/work performance 15 points
•Reference 15 points
Total Points: 75 points
All questions may be directed to the office of the Executive
Director or Development Officer of the Ute Indian Tribally
Designated Housing Entity at 435-722-4656.
All sealed proposals are due no later than January 2, 2013
at the close of business which is 5:30 pm. The proposals
must be marked “Do Not Open Proposal Enclosed”. Faxed
proposals will not be accepted. Proposals are to be mailed
or delivered to the following address:
Ute Indian Tribally Designated Housing Entity
P.O. Box 250
Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026
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Deadline December 27,
2012
Paper Out
January 3, 2013
Deadline January 10, 2013
Las Vegas (3 nites)
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Stays in Vegas
Vegas Get Away!
The Fun Bus will depart
Ute Plaza at: 10:00 am
Wednesday : Dec. 26, 2012
Returning: Saturday 29, 2012
No Boarding
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Seating is limited, must sign up to board bus
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Domestic breakup or divorce
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white house tribal nations conference
and business coMMittee Meetings in
washington, d.c.
Chairwoman Cuch and Dr. Roubideaux at IHS Headquarters
in Rockville, Maryland
During the week of December
4, 2012, Ute Tribal
Business Committee Members
Chairwoman Irene
Photos by Curtis Cesspooch
Cuch and Frances Poowegup
attended meetings with
Congressional and Agency
Officials in Washington,
Blessing of the National Museum
of the American Indian
Companion Tree was given
by L-R: Terry Knight of the Ute
Mountain Ute, Clifford Duncan
Northen Ute, and Alden Naranjo
Southern Ute.
Indian Minerals Owners
U.S. Department of the
Interior Oil and Gas Royalty
Question and Answer Session
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Tribal Auditorium
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BIA - Uintah and Ouray
Agency Fort Duchesne, Utah
Representatives from the
BIA, BLM OST will be available
to answer your questions
regardless of where
your allotment is located.
Contact OST 722-4361 info.
D.C. The meetings were
scheduled to make progress
on long-standing health care
and law enforcement issues,
and to urge Congress to take
action on a bill that would
return Hill Creek Extension
lands to the Tribe.
The meeting with Indian
Health Service Director, Dr.
Yevette Roubideaux was
very productive. Chairwoman
Cuch raised eight
long-standing problems with
Dr. Roubideaux and sought
answers. Dr. Roubideaux and
her staff are currently preparing
information to respond to
the problems, including an
action plan to improve the
quality of care at the Uintah
& Ouray Service Unit.
Chairwoman Irene Cuch
also attended the fourth
White House Tribal Nations
Conference on December 5,
2012. The Conference brings
together all federally recognized
tribes with President
Obama and the Secretaries of
federal agencies, including:
the Secretaries of Interior,
Transportation, Education,
Agriculture and many more.
During the Conference,
Chairwoman Cuch attended
a break out session on law
enforcement issues and
informed Department of
Justice Officials that it was
time for the Department to
start taking action to provide
adequate law enforcement
resources and address law
enforcement issues on the
Reservation.
christMas tree
cereMony
washington d.c.
Group shot of Northern Ute Capitol Tree delegation.
A part of the Northern Ute Capitol Christmas tree delegation
pose at the Regan International Airport Washington DC.