SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Cleveland VA Regional Office VR&E - VETSUCCESS
- Notice Date
- 12/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 624310
— Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Contracting Office
- Dept of Veterans Affairs;VR&E (28);1000 Liberty Avenue;Pittsburgh PA 15222
- ZIP Code
- 15222
- Solicitation Number
- VA325-RFP-0005
- Response Due
- 1/11/2010
- Archive Date
- 3/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- Bonnie RobinsonDept of Veteran Affairs
- E-Mail Address
-
Contracting Officer
(Bonnie.Robinson@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Page 1 of: 08/21/200' The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration Cleveland Regional Office, Cleveland, Ohio has a requirement for vocational rehabilitation and education services including job placement services for veterans located in the state of Ohio. Monthly face-to-face contact must be made. The following training, rehabilitation, and employment needs will be provided by the Contractor for service members and Veterans receiving services from the Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Education (VR&E) program: A. Service Group A - Initial Assessments. In accordance with Title 38 USC Chapter 31, the outcome of the Initial Assessment is to provide the VR&E counselor with sufficient information about the Veteran's prior education, work history, military experience, and the vocational impact of medical conditions (illnesses or disabilities - both service-connected and non-service-connected), to allow the determination of entitlement. The initial assessment also provides collaborative vocational exploration; analysis of transferable skills; evaluation of interests, aptitudes, and abilities; exploration of labor market conditions; and collaboration with the Veteran in the development of a draft rehabilitation plan that allows the VA counselor and Veteran to jointly finalize a rehabilitation plan leading to determination of feasibility to achieve a vocational goal, entry into suitable employment, and/or maximum independence in the community. B. Service Group B - Case Management. The Contractor will provide case management services as required to achieve the objectives of the written rehabilitation plan provided by the VA, to include supportive services, such as addressing medical, financial, independent living, and community issues academic needs, and preparing Veterans to become job ready. C. Service Group C - Employment Services. (1) Those Veterans deemed capable of re-entering the workforce are assisted in obtaining and maintaining suitable employment consistent with the Veteran's rehabilitation plan. This includes job readiness assistance, resume development, development of interview skills, job placement services, and post-placement follow-up, coordination with State workforce development personnel, and coordination with VR&E Counselors and Employment Coordinators. (2) At every stage, contract counselors will consider and recommend additional services needed, including but not limited to: Remedial or developmental instruction; personal or adjustment counseling; adaptive equipment or assistive technology; independent living services; medical services; financial services, etc.; and/or other benefits from the VA, State vocational rehabilitation programs, and/or community programs. D. Service Group D - Educational and Vocational Counseling. The Contractor will establish employment objectives and outline career counseling/education required to achieve the educational/vocational goals. The following training, rehabilitation, and employment needs shall be addressed by the Contractor for service members and Veterans receiving services from the Chapter 36 program: (1) Vocational testing to include assessment of academic functioning, interests, aptitudes, and abilities. (2) Vocational and medical history, including assessment of transferable skills from military to civilian careers, along with consideration of the labor market the Veteran or service member will be entering; (3) Vocational exploration results in assisting the service member or Veteran to develop educational and employment goals, including steps necessary to achieve those goals and academic and/or adjustment counseling. E. Service Group E - Discrete Services. This Service Group includes independent living (IL) assessments, job coaching, life skills coaching, job site analysis, and assistive technology (i.e., requirements of Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended) evaluations. For the independent living assessments, a locally licensed occupational/ physical therapist (OT/PT), and/or rehabilitation engineers will be required. These services will be identified on an as-needed basis. Contractor personnel and/or IL specialists may need to travel to remote locations covered by certain Regional Offices (ROs) The VA may award one or more contracts for these services. The contracts shall be performance-based, fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts. The period of performance for the awarded contracts shall include a base period of six months and two option periods each three months in length. Offerors may propose on one or more of the above services. Offerors must have established professional office space in all areas served, within 50 miles of major metropolitan areas and within each 100-mile radius of jurisdictions served, unless specifically negotiated in remote areas. Proof of this space and appropriateness must be submitted with proposal. Offerors shall provide services at an appropriate professional setting This is a full and open competition, to include other small businesses (including Small Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veterans Owned Small Business (VOSB) concerns, women owned, HUBZone, and disadvantaged small business and others) capable of performing the requirement indicated below. In your response please indicate the socioeconomic status of your small business. The NAICS code is 624310 (Vocational Rehabilitation Services) with a size standard of 7 million dollars. This means that businesses furnishing the counseling services described below, with average annual revenue over the last 3 years under 7 million dollars are generally considered small businesses. Awards shall be based on the evaluation criteria established in the solicitation. Requests must include the VA325-09-RFP-0001 in the subject line to ensure an answer. No telephone requests will be honored. Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), accessed via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. All information provided will become property of the Department of Veterans Affairs and will not be returned. Proposals are requested by January 11, 2010 no-later-than 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time and should include a point of contact, phone number, fax number and email address. Future correspondence regarding this solicitation must be sent to the following e-mail address: Bonnie.Robinson@va.gov.. Contracting Office Address: Points of Contact: Bonnie Robinson, Contract Specialist, Department of Veteran Affairs, Pittsburgh Regional Office VR&E (28), 1000 Liberty Ave, Ste 1626, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Place of Performance: Cleveland Regional offices and outlying locations in Ohio
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veteran Affairs;Cleveland Regional Office;VR&E (28);1240 East Ninth Street, Room 1051;Cleveland, Ohio
- Zip Code: 44199
- Zip Code: 44199
- Record
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