SOURCES SOUGHT
Q -- PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 621111
— Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Veterans Administration Medical Center;A&MMS (049);1111 East End Blvd;Wilkes Barre PA 18711
- ZIP Code
- 18711
- Solicitation Number
- VA-244-10-RI-0207
- Response Due
- 4/28/2010
- Archive Date
- 6/27/2010
- Point of Contact
- Rachel Turk, Contract Specialistrachel.turk@va.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(rachel.turk@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR QUOTE. The Wilkes Barre VAMC, 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA is performing market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of qualified vendors to provide primary care services. The Government will use responses to this notice to make to an appropriate acquisition decision. The Contractor shall provide basic Primary Care, including pharmacy, laboratory, imaging, mental health, and telemedicine services to eligible Veteran patients living in The Greater Selinsgrove Area (junction of Union, Snyder & Northumberland counties), PA. Contractor must be accredited by The Joint Commission or maintain a level of service that is in compliance with all current The Joint Commission standards. The services covered by the contract shall be furnished by the Contractor through scheduled clinic visits Monday through Friday, with evening and Saturday hours permitted. The Contractor must provide telephone triage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Contract personnel assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be licensed by a State or Territory. All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract shall be current, full, and unrestricted licenses. No licensed provider assigned by the Contractor shall have ever had a license suspended, revoked, or limited by a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the Credentialing and Privileging Committee and approval by the VA Facility Director. Contract personnel will also be required to undergo a VA Background Investigation, obtain VA credentials, provide proof of a negative PPD test, provide proof of liability insurance IAW VAAR 852.237-7 Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance (JAN 2008) and take mandatory VA training annually, approximately 20 hours per year. Workload Statistics: Since no contractor is currently in operation in the Junction of Union, Snyder and Northumberland Counties, the following is presented as VA data-on-hand, current as of end-of-September 2009: a.9552 Veterans who reside within the junction of Union, Snyder and Northumberland County boundaries are current, active users of the VA healthcare system. ( 1 ). 2332 Primary Care encounters were made by 1431 of the Veterans above (based on 2.04 Primary Care visits per veteran), during the period October 1, 2008 thru September 30, 2009. 714 Mental Health encounters were made by 162 of the Veterans above (based on 2.53 appointments per Veteran), using the same timeframe. Of the above enrollees 197 are female. The number of potential eligible Veteran enrollees (who have not yet enrolled for care at WBVAMC) is unknown, though it can be anticipated that some who can, now receive primary care at a location nearer to their residence, will enroll at the Union, Snyder and Northumberland County Contractors. All interested parties who can meet the requirements stated above should respond, via email, with information describing their interest and capabilities to rachel.turk@va.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. (EDT), 28 April 2010.
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