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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 03, 2012 FBO #3723
DOCUMENT

R -- ISO 9001:2008 ("ISO 9001") Consulting, Design, Training, and Implementation - Attachment

Notice Date

2/1/2012
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

611430 — Professional and Management Development Training
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 5;849 International Drive, Suite 450;Linthicum MD 21090
 

ZIP Code

21090
 

Solicitation Number

VA24512R0011
 

Response Due

3/5/2012
 

Archive Date

3/20/2012
 

Point of Contact

Donyale Smith
 

E-Mail Address

donyale.smith@va.gov
(donyale.smith@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 5, is soliciting proposals under Solicitation No. VA245-12-R-0011 for the following: BACKGROUND The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Office of Clinical Consultation and Compliance (OCCC) consists of a National office, seven (7) Regional offices in the continental United States and 85 employees. The OCCC serves to educate and support 156 healthcare facilities and their associated clinics and satellite campuses on the implementation of a customized VHA Quality Management System (QMS) consistent to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 ("ISO 9001") requirements. The VHA created a T-21 Scope Action Plan Initiative to implement an ISO 9001 consistent QMS within Sterile Processing Department/Reusable Medical Equipment (SPD/RME) operations throughout VHA. Thus, the ISO 9001 Implementation will start with the SPD/RME operations and continue on to additional priority areas. The OCCC requires assistance with the development, design, training, and realization of this Implementation program for the customized ISO 9001 QMS within VHA. The ISO 9001 QMS implementation will be accomplished through multiple Implementation Workshops, consultative visits, assessments, special training, the use of common communication platforms, and other types of training as need dictates. The expertise required under this contract is specific to design, training, and implementation of a customized ISO 9001 QMS in large (150 beds or over) integrated healthcare organizations/hospital facilities who provide both inpatient and outpatient services. The geographic coverage of the implementation program and consultative visits includes national, regional, and local training and implementation anywhere within the continental United States. If the contractor is a certification body, said contractor will be precluded from providing future certification auditing to the VA for the purpose of ISO 9001:2008 certification. This time of preclusion begins at the end of this contract period and lasts for a period of three (3) years. Reference: ISO 17021. SCOPE The Implementation Rollout of the VHA/SPD specific, ISO 9001 consistent QMS involves the following elements: "Phase I (Pilot): Rolled out within seven (7) previously selected VHA facilities, to include: oAssignment and coaching to pre-work, if required oImplementation (OCCC Consultants' training will occur within the Pilots) oFollow on support "Phase II (National rollout): Rolled out to the remaining VHA facilities, to include: oAssignment and coaching to pre-work, if required oImplementation oFollow on support "At least three (4) Implementation Workshops for each Phase (one session for each module of the designed QMS/designed implementation plan or as otherwise designed.) Combined, the modules will cover implementation of the entire ISO 9001 Standard, to include a quality manual and the six (6) required procedures. oImplementation Workshops are generally face-to-face programs (but may be run virtually) that brings teams from the front line together with their OCCC Consultants and the contracted vendor (faculty) to learn how to implement the designed QMS within SPD/RME operations. oPhase I (Pilot) will occur at each Pilot facility location. "Completion of pre-work by the implementation teams, including identifying team members, gathering and analyzing relevant data and other actions related to the implementation work, as required or necessary. "An Action Period occurs between each Implementation Workshop. During the Action Periods, the teams implement each module of the designed QMS, test the changes, monitor the impact of their changes, etc. "Conference calls: During these Action Periods, contracted faculty conduct conferences calls with OCCC Consultants and leaders, during which time the teams report on their progress and obtain guidance on challenges or barriers they are experiencing. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 611430, Professional and Management Development Training, and size standard is $7.0 million. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Small Business (SB). All offerors must be registered at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/ and complete online Reps and Certs at https://orca.bpn.gov/. No telephone requests will be accepted. Any questions regarding the solicitation should be sent via e-mail and addressed to Ms. Donyale Smith, Contracting Officer, in writing at donyale.smith@va.gov. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from the URL address at https://www.fbo.gov on or about February 13, 2012. Any amendments to the solicitation will be available at the URL address. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments at the URL address.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA245-12-R-0011 VA245-12-R-0011.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=293035&FileName=VA245-12-R-0011-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=293035&FileName=VA245-12-R-0011-000.docx

 

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Record

SN02665449-W 20120203/120201234559-073b503a4fe21b4b641c89110878aaac (fbodaily.com)
 

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