DOCUMENT
U -- Online Nurse Training - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2013
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office;NCO 19;4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 900;Glendale CO 80246
- ZIP Code
- 80246
- Solicitation Number
- VA25913I0704
- Response Due
- 6/14/2013
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2013
- Point of Contact
- ANNA NORCROSS
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLINE NURSE TRAINING NOTICE TYPE: Sources Sought NAICS:611710 Educational Support Services; $14.0 MIL PSC: U009 Educational Services This is a Sources Sought Notice for the purpose of market research only. This notice is not a solicitation. Responses to this notice will not be evaluated for award. Responses will only be utilized to survey the marketplace and determine the availability of this service. The Fort Harrison VA Medical Center is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for online training in critical care and emergency training for nursing staff. STATEMENT OF NEED The American Association for Critical Care Nursing (AACN) and the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), both the primary nurse professional organizations for those specialties, have developed accredited content that is available online. This procurement request is to provide access to an established website for that comprehensive online training in critical care nursing and emergency room nursing developed by AACN and ENA. Requirements for critical care nurse training: - Online interactive training program for Critical Care nursing to include 2 modules: 1. Critical Care Essentials module and 2. ECG modules. Quantity: 8 user seats in each module in base year of contract. Unused seats in base year of contract would roll over into successive option years. - Program must be a comprehensive introduction to critical care nursing using a body systems approach along with integration of critical thinking - Program must provide credit hours. - Program must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - Program must reflect current, tested, validated information and be regularly updated. - Program must have a tracking and reporting system. - Training must include basic ECG Interpretation, as these nurses monitor telemetry along with evaluating cardiac monitors for all of their patients. - Technical support for local program administrator via telephone and email - Customer support for enrolled users via telephone and email Requirements for emergency nurse training: - Online interactive training program for two modules: 1. Emergency Nurse Orientation and 2. Triage. Quantity: 5 user seats in each module in base year of contract. Unused seats in base year of contract would roll over into successive option years. - Program must be a comprehensive orientation to emergency nursing using a body systems approach along with integration of critical thinking - Program must also include comprehensive training on triaging patients in the emergency room. - Program must provide credit hours. - Program must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - Program must reflect current, tested, validated information and be regularly updated. - Program must have a tracking and reporting system. - Technical support for local program administrator via telephone and email - Customer support for enrolled users via telephone and email The Period of Performance will be for one (1) base year with four (4) option years dependent upon contractor performance. [END STATEMENT OF NEED] The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. The request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain the potential market capacity. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization. Please provide documentation of the size of your business. The NAICS code for this requirement is 611710 with an SBA size standard of $14.0 million. If you are classified as a small business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone small business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business and/or SBA 8(a) certified small business, please provide a capability statement in addition to the other information for acquisition strategy determination. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by June 14, 2013, at 5:00 PM MST. ALL RESPONSES UNDER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE MUST BE EMAILED TO ANNA.NORCROSS@VA.GOV
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