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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JANUARY 17, 2014 FBO #4437
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R -- Recreation, Education, and Socialization for Older Learning Veterans (RESOLV) - Attachment

Notice Date

1/15/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

624190 — Other Individual and Family Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veteran Affairs;Network Contracting Office(NCO 21);150 Muir Road, Building AB7, Room 01;Martinez, California 94553
 

ZIP Code

94553
 

Solicitation Number

VA26114Q0223
 

Response Due

1/23/2014
 

Archive Date

5/2/2014
 

Point of Contact

Felicia A. DeMita
 

E-Mail Address

2-2038<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to determine what vendors are interested and capable of providing telephone counseling services for Veterans for a project entitled, "Recreation, Education, and Socialization for Older Learning Veterans (RESOLV). This requirement will result in a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The socio-economic status of qualified responders will determine the type of set-aside. Summary of Work: 1.Description of Services: The program proposed is collaboration between VA Palo Alto Health Care System Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (VAPAHCS GRECC) and a Vendor that will be able to provide social and recreational activities, such as friendly conversation, educational classes and support groups conducted via telephone to socially isolated seniors. Services to be performed under this project will address barriers associated with socialization and loneliness of older Veterans by helping older rural Veterans engage in recreational activities through a telephone-based socialization program. The VAPAHCS GRECC will provide names and phone numbers of Veterans and their Caregivers to the Vendor to facilitate Veterans' participation in the socialization programs and ensure successful implementation of the RESOLV project. 1.1 The specific services to be performed by the contractor are providing innovative solutions to the barriers of accessing quality socialization services and reduce Veterans' risk for depression, functional decline, and suicide. Contracted services must offer activities and provide support to groups of older Veterans who are homebound and/or to others who have difficulty accessing community senior centers. The overall goal of RESOLV is to develop new educational, recreational, and/or socialization group-based activities for older Veterans. The project does not aim to create a new VA program but will provide the infrastructure necessary to support development of socialization activities that will be taken over by the contractor and then offered at no cost to older Veterans. In order to develop the new activities, the RESOLV project will collaborate with the contractor to develop program procedures including testing referral processes, recruitment of older Veterans, and consultation on designing Veteran-specific activities. 1.2 Contractor personnel must have expert knowledge and the ability to successfully implement methods and approaches in conducting community-based outreach to rural, lower-literacy populations because development of tailored services will largely involve stakeholder opinions. The contractor will provide demonstrated expertise, with a minimum of 5 years, in providing socialization activities services using virtual/telephone/remote or similar modalities specific to the needs of older Veterans in rural communities. There is no solicitation document as this time. The proposed NAICS is 624190 with Small Business size of $10 million. Only firms interested should send their information, capability statement, and any questions by email to felicia.demita@va.gov no later than 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, January 23, 2014. Interested vendors should provide the following: Name of Company; Point of contact name, phone numbers, email address, DUNS number; Socio-economic status such as Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, VOSB, Women-Owned Small Business, etc. should be included (Status will be verified using VetBiz); Information showing capability to provide the service; Identify experience with similar services. DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VANCHCS/VANCHCS/VA26114Q0223/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA261-14-Q-0223 VA261-14-Q-0223.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1162823&FileName=VA261-14-Q-0223-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1162823&FileName=VA261-14-Q-0223-000.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Service is for Veterans in Alameda County.;Service is to be provided via telephone.

Zip Code: 94025
 

Record

SN03268179-W 20140117/140115234133-7108df57cd1d5b0e2596965ae796a6a9 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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