SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Diabetes Education - Kalispell
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Rocky Mountain Network;VISN 19 Contracting;4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 1110;Glendale CO 80246
- ZIP Code
- 80246
- Solicitation Number
- VA-259-10-RP-0010
- Response Due
- 12/3/2009
- Archive Date
- 2/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth R. Taflan
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(Elizabeth.Taflan@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The VA Montana Healthcare System is seeking a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) to provide certified diabetes education and nutrition education to veterans in the Kalispell, Mt area.The contractor will provide Diabetes Self Management Education (DSME) for veterans referred by consult according to the National Standards for DSME. Classes will be established by contractor in a conference room setting for group classes and an office setting for one on one education that will ensure patient privacy is honored under the patient privacy regulations. A two hour group class that can accommodate 10 patients at a time will be offered monthly designed for newly diagnosed diabetics to teach the basics of monitoring and nutrition. For the complete diabetes education program, twelve 8 hour classes (1 per month) will be scheduled that can accommodate 10 patients at a time. The class meets for 2 hours weekly for four weeks in a row. Veterans that have special needs that would make class participation unacceptable would meet with the educator one on one. One on one education sessions will be reserved for only those veteran requiring individual education sessions. The Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) conducting the education will work with the physician ordering the consult to make the determination for the veteran to be seen individually. The contractor will provide appropriate printed educational materials for veterans home use that will compliment the education received in the sessions with the educators. This acquisition is open to both small and large business concerns. The NIACS code for this acquisition is 611710 with a size standard of $7.0 million. Solicitation number VA259-10-RP-0010 has been assigned and should be referenced in all correspondence regarding this announcement and this solicitation. Solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about Monday November 9th, 2009 at the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.11 prospective contractors are required to have an active registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and FAR 4.12 prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications (ORCA) in conjunction with FAR prior to award of contract. Both can be accessed at the Business Partner Network (BPN) website at http://www.bpn.gov/. All SDVOSB / VOSB submitting an offer must be registered and will be verified by the Contracting Officer in the VetBiz Information pages located at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/FHVAMROC436/FHVAMROC436/VA-259-10-RP-0010/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Kallispell, MT
- Zip Code: 59901
- Zip Code: 59901
- Record
- SN01988414-W 20091022/091020235014-e26afc41ab873e6d2676780c77f3486d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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