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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 23, 2011 FBO #3681
DOCUMENT

Q -- Dialysis - Pacific Islands - Attachment

Notice Date

12/21/2011
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

621492 — Kidney Dialysis Centers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center;(001AL-A2-4D);555 Corporate Circle;Golden CO 80401
 

ZIP Code

80401
 

Solicitation Number

VA79112Q0010
 

Response Due

1/2/2012
 

Archive Date

4/1/2012
 

Point of Contact

Gabrielle J. Harris
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR POTENTIAL OFFERORS. Please reference Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number VA-791-12-Q-0010. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Denver Acquisition and Logistic Center (DALC), 555 Corporate Circle, Golden, CO, intends to solicit for quotations from qualified and experienced community dialysis providers through full and open competition. The intent of this RFQ is to execute multiple Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs) throughout the Pacific Islands, as listed at the end of this announcement. Community providers must be Medicare certified, capable providing, delivering, supervising, and monitoring dialysis services. Community providers may offer to provide the following services: outpatient hemodialysis, outpatient peritoneal dialysis, home dialysis to include peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis, and home dialysis training beneficiaries. Outpatient dialysis and home dialysis training will be delivered at the community providers facilities. Home and outpatient based dialysis services will utilize the community provider's resources, staff, and equipment necessary or required for peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis. The community provider will provide the services and associated health care in a manner consistent with the clinical needs of the patient and extend the same or superior standards of quality care as delivered to non VA patients. The community provider's personnel rendering services will be certified, licensed, board certified, or board eligible as appropriate for the physical location in which care is delivered. The RFQ and subsequent agreements will not include professional nephrology services. All billings will be in Medicare compliant format. All treatment modalities must be in accordance with the Medicare treatment guidelines. Community providers will be responsible for internal and subcontractor's Quality Assurance and ongoing Continuous Quality Improvement measures. Community providers must safe-guard the VA patient's information in accordance to the VA, Privacy Act, and HIPAA requirements. The government intends to execute multiple BOAs with a base and 1 year renewal periods. BOA's are negotiated instruments of understanding that put in place terms and conditions for future orders. The VA intends to give priority to BOA holding providers where available when determining via which mechanism to place an authorization for care (i.e. BOA holding providers or Fee Basis Care). Community Providers will be held to the terms and conditions of the BOA upon acceptance of an authorization. Community providers will offer a firm fixed all inclusive per treatment for the base and all renewal periods. This solicitation adheres to the format defined in FAR 12 and will be conducted using the procedures of VAAR 873 in conjunction with FAR 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR 15. These healthcare resources are being procured under the authority of Title 38 U.S.C. Sections 1703(a)(8) and 8153, pending availability of funds. Should there be any discrepancies between FAR 12, 15 and VAAR 873, VAAR 873 will prevail. The North American Classification Code is 621492, Dialysis Centers and Clinics. The Small Business Size Standard is $34,500,000.00. This acquisition will be conducted as a "full and open" competition for any and all qualified, experienced, and knowledgeable business entity(s) who can meet the requirements and whose pricing is considered reasonable. Agreements will be executed with the community provider(s) whose price is within reasonable range of Medicare's reimbursement for the services offered and meet the technical requirements in the locations where services are needed Solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about January 6, 2012 through the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. The anticipated closing date is January 20, 2012. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is Gabrielle Harris. Community providers interested in responding to this solicitation should provide their email addresses and contact information to nonvadialysis@va.gov. Respondents will receive updates and have the ability to participate in a web based pre-proposal conference if requested. Upon review of the solicitation documents, prospective offerors are encouraged to provide questions and/or comments in writing, but questions will not be accepted until the solicitation has been released and interested parties have had an opportunity to review. All responses to questions, which may affect offers, will be incorporated into a written amendment to the solicitation and released via the Federal Business Opportunities System website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Effective October 1, 2003, all contractors must be registered through the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Website as an active contractor in order to be eligible to enter into a contract or BOA and to receive payments. Please be sure your firm is registered at: http://www.ccr.gov. Prospective contractors should complete electronic annual representations and certifications at https://orca.bpn.gov. Do to the limited time offerors have to respond you are encouraged to register in advance, but not required to. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID. THE VA DALC IS NOT SEEKING PRICING OR OFFERS OF ANY KIND AT THIS TIME. THE VA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SOLICIT THESE ITEMS FROM LARGE OR SMALL BUSINESSES, AS APPROPRIATE. Participating Locations within VISN 21: American Somoa Guam Hawaii Northern Mariana's Islands
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VADDC791/VADDC791/VA79112Q0010/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA791-12-Q-0010 VA791-12-Q-0010_1.doc (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=283148&FileName=VA791-12-Q-0010-000.doc)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=283148&FileName=VA791-12-Q-0010-000.doc

 

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Record

SN02643743-W 20111223/111221234913-186352d0cc0f5abca2da48e0bc161c33 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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