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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 01, 2013 FBO #4268
DOCUMENT

70 -- Web Based Software Solution - Attachment

Notice Date

7/30/2013
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

423430 — Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veteran Affairs;SAO East;PCAE STL Contracting Officer;11152 South Towne Square;Saint Louis MO 63123
 

ZIP Code

63123
 

Solicitation Number

VA77713I0163
 

Response Due

7/30/2013
 

Archive Date

9/28/2013
 

Point of Contact

Anthony Balestreri
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. INSTRUCTIONS TO VENDORS: This is a request for information (RFI) purely for purposes of market research. If you feel you can meet this requirement, please email a capability statement to Anthony.Balestreri@va.gov demonstrating your qualifications by 08/02/2013 at 4:00 PM EST. Web Based Software Solution Procurement The VHA Office of Telehealth Services overarching goal is to use health informatics, disease management, and telehealth technologies to target care and case management to improve access to care, thereby improving the health of our nation's Veterans. Tied to this goal is the need to effectively and efficiently train VA healthcare workers on the necessary telehealth policies and procedures, and to do so in a way that allows for a high degree of interactivity between trainer/learner/facilitator/peer while minimizing costs, travel, and time out of the field. VHA employees have access to the Talent Management System (TMS) through the Employee Education System (EES) which provides much of the core training, administration, and knowledge management. However, TMS does not offer the facilitated, interactive learning experiences needed to efficiently train VA healthcare workers on Telehealth policies and procedures. The Office of Telehealth Services wishes to implement a hosted web based classroom platform to provide 24/7 access to knowledge and information, and provide innovative ways to foster learning anywhere at any time. The use of the web based training solution provides a number of unique strategic benefits to the VA Office of Telehealth Services: "An increased number of learning opportunities can be delivered to a larger group of learners without the need to travel to different VISNs on a frequent basis. This reduces travel costs and the time lost associated with being out of the workplace for extended periods of time. "Content, resources, job aids, and other information are always available and accessible in one central online place. New content can easily be added by instructors and subject matter experts for just in time learning opportunities. "Program participants have a perpetually available environment to access foundational pre-work prior to participating in a face-to-face workshop. This ensures participants are better prepared and that instructor time is spent covering core content and subjects, and ensuring complex concepts and skills are mastered, rather than spending time on review of basic principles. "Learners have easier access to Subject Matter Experts and to peers who can provide guidance, expertise, and advice out to participants using a variety of built in collaboration tools such as discussion boards, blogs, wikis, virtual chat, and fully synchronous web conferencing. "Content and curriculum can be more easily and centrally stored, standardized and shared, enabling course designers and facilitators to quickly locate and reuse content, develop and deliver assessments, post assignments, and deliver other relevant materials. "VA Telehealth staffs are provided with continuous access to learning experiences where reflection, group work, and facilitator dialogue are available along with online spaces for ongoing collaboration, mentoring, and coaching around state of the art medical practices and health care topics. More importantly, the virtual classrooms provide an integrated mix of synchronous and asynchronous learning activities in combination with dynamic opportunities for collaboration with experts and peers. Asynchronous participation in a virtual course means that the learning process is not conducted in real time. This allows participants to collaborate in online discussions, access learning resources and study curriculum materials or review project assignments anytime during the workday. Participation in scheduled synchronous learning opportunities is also available where learners can collaborate together at the same time in a virtual classroom over the Internet.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VAAAC/VAAAC/VA77713I0163/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA777-13-I-0163 VA777-13-I-0163_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=906192&FileName=VA777-13-I-0163-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=906192&FileName=VA777-13-I-0163-000.docx

 

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Record

SN03130754-W 20130801/130730234951-6a917b540b8cf59a544d4cfe03673f6a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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