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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 10, 2014 FBO #4550
DOCUMENT

Q -- Request for Information for non VA provided primary care in VISNs 6 and 15 - Attachment

Notice Date

5/8/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

621999 — All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services
 

Contracting Office

VA Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center - Department of Veterans Affairs Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center
 

Solicitation Number

VA79114I0060
 

Response Due

5/22/2014
 

Archive Date

5/27/2014
 

Point of Contact

Lisa M Buffkins
 

E-Mail Address

3-6223<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE: Request for Information: The Department of Veterans Affairs Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center (VA DALC), in support of the Veterans Health Administration, Chief Business Office, is contemplating the issuance of a solicitation for non VA provided primary care services to within specific areas of Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) 6 and15 as described below. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to provide interested parties the opportunity to inform the VA of their capabilities to perform the services addressed in this RFI and to complete and submit the questionnaire found below. The information provided in response to the RFI will assist the VA in understanding standard industry practices and facilitate market research. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS/PROPOSALS. VA IS NOT OBLIGATED TO ISSUE A SOLICIATION AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. SERVICE AREA: VISN 6: VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network Location:Farmville, VA Services:Primary care, including routine laboratory/pathology services, flat film diagnostic imaging services, preventive care, well woman care, and immunizations VISN15: VA Heartland Network Location:Pratt, KS Services:Primary care, routine laboratory/pathology services, flat film diagnostic imaging services, preventive care, well woman care, and immunizations All responses shall be sent to Lisa Marie Buffkins at lisa.buffkins@va.gov and must be received no later than 5:00pm MST on May 22, 2014. This announcement is not a request for proposal, and does not bind the Government to award any contract. No solicitations exist at this time. ? Questionnaire Basic Corporate Information: Name of Organization/Corporation: Corporate Address: DUNS Number: Point of Contact Name & Title: Phone Number: Email Address: Socio-Economic Category (if known): 0 HUBZone 0 8(a) 0 Small Business 0 Veteran Owned Small Business 0 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 0 Women Owned Small Business North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS), please list all codes: Please provide the following information: 1. A brief narrative describing the capabilities of your organization to provide the following services within one or both sites as described in the RFI. Please include the geographic locations for these services, relative to the service areas: a.Primary care including routine screening, behavioral health screening and assessment, preventative services, well care, and immunizations. 2. Indicate if your organization and entities it owns and other potential participants are accredited by a body such as the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health care organizations, National Commission on Quality Assurance, American Society for Clinical Pathology, or American College of Radiology. Specify for which services the accreditation or certification applies and the date the accreditation or certification expires. 3. Indicate if your organization or other potential participants are licensed in the state(s) in which your organization operates and the nature and effective dates of such licensure. 4. Please describe the legal relationships between your organization and direct care professional providers (e.g. hospitalists, anesthesiologists, CRNAs, licensed clinical social workers). Are these providers contracted to provide services by your organization or are they employees of the organization? 5. Please describe the credentialing and privileging process used by your organization. 6. Please describe the financial arrangements by which your organization currently provides specific services described in Question 1 (e.g. per diem, per procedure, bundled payment, global fee, per episode of care, capitation, discounted fee for service, etc.) Are there any means to simplify how health care services are priced and paid for, in a manner that reflects local market conditions, competitive solicitation forces and supports provision and access to high quality care, timely and accurate claims processing? 7. Please describe your organization's current capabilities regarding electronic health record systems. 8. Does your organization have access to a network of primary care providers? If so please describe the relationship and the geographic area of coverage. 9. What is your organization's ability to provide service to a potentially large patient capacity? 10. What is your timeliness standard for scheduling appointments? 11. If your organization were awarded a contract as a result of a solicitation issued for these services, how much time would be needed to ramp up and begin actual delivery of primary health care services?
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VADDC791/VADDC791/VA79114I0060/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA791-14-I-0060 VA791-14-I-0060_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1354020&FileName=VA791-14-I-0060-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1354020&FileName=VA791-14-I-0060-000.docx

 

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

Record

SN03360620-W 20140510/140509021602-5d624d2796defdf8a2afc5d974ab723a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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