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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016 FBO #5200
DOCUMENT

M -- Temporary Staffing for VAPAHCS NUTRITION & FOOD SERVICES. VA261-16-AP-2347 - Attachment

Notice Date

2/16/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

561210 — Facilities Support Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21);VA Northern California HealthCare System;5342 Dudley Blvd, Bldg 209;McClellan CA 95652-2609
 

ZIP Code

95652-2609
 

Solicitation Number

VA26116Q0356
 

Response Due

2/26/2016
 

Archive Date

3/7/2016
 

Point of Contact

Jet Flores
 

E-Mail Address

eacekeeper
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS The Veterans Administration, SAOW Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21 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 providing temporary food service workers. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 561210. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This 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. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission 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 February 26, 2016, 3:30PM (PST). All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to jet.flores@va.gov. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity please contact: Jet Flores via email at jet.flores@va.gov. APPENDIX 1: Draft Performance Work Statement FOOD SERVICE WORKER-SCOPE OF WORK: VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) primary objective is to obtain qualified and competent temporary personnel on a timely basis. The scope of services set forth represents an outline of the services which VAPAHCS anticipates the successful agency or agencies will perform. A.Workers to be Provided Selected agency(ies) shall provide VAPAHCS, on request by the facility, with qualified temporary staffing services for the specifications listed below. The agency will carefully pre-screen all temporary personnel prior to referral to the facility to assure that the individuals possess all of the required skills and abilities to perform the assigned tasks. The temporary personnel provided shall meet the minimum qualifications, minimum education and experience required by the classification specification for the job to be performed. The agency will be informed of the specific duties or class title, length of assignment, and any specific skills or abilities required. 1.Services required: The agency will provide staff that are able to perform tasks that include food assembly, tray delivery, and dishwashing. Staff should be able to assemble items such as entrees, meats, potatoes, vegetables, salads, desserts, beverages, condiments, tray ware, and serving utensils. Place specified items on trays as listed on patient tray tickets and menus according to established portions. Deliver meal trays to patient wards and dining rooms on campus. Break down and clean tray line after tray service. Perform variety of tasks in the dishroom, such as, scrapping trays, sorting, stacking and racking tray ware for loading into the dishmachine, and pulling clean tray ware from the dishmachine. Place cleaned pots and pans in designated areas. Also, store food deliveries and supplies in walk-in refrigerators/freezers. 2.Hours of Operation: Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) operates various work shifts from 5:00am to 7:30pm, seven days a week, 365 days per year. 3.NFS Duty Locations: Palo Alto Division: 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (Building 100) Menlo Park Division: 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Building 329) Livermore Division: 4951 Arroyo Road, Livermore, CA 94550 (Building 64) Each agency shall conduct fingerprint-based background checks and employment reference checks for selected temporary personnel within a reasonable time frame prior to start date of assignment. All agencies shall adhere to federal, state and privacy protection laws when conducting background checks and provide the required waivers, authorizations, notices, disclosures and releases. If the agency uses an outside company to conduct background checks, the agency shall only use registered, licensed investigators. All agencies shall strictly adhere to all state and federal laws with respect to discrimination in employment and shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age or disability. B.Procedure for Requesting Temporary Personnel A designated VAPAHCS representative thereof, hereinafter referred to as "Appointing Authority", may contact the agency to request temporary staffing services. The appointing Authority shall be responsible for providing the agency with all necessary job information in order for the agency to place the most qualified competent temporary personnel with the Appointing Authority. Depending upon the category and skill level required of the temporary personnel, the facility may (1) ask the agency to provide resumes and other related information from with the facility will select the appropriate individual(s) possibly after interviewing one or more candidates, or (2) ask the agency to select an individual with the appropriate skills and experience and arrange for that person to report to a designated work site on a specified date. Ideally, the agency will designate a qualified employee acceptable to the facility at least two (2) working days prior to the date the temporary personnel is required to report to work. Occasionally, however, the facility may have an urgent need due to some unforeseen emergency. Should such emergency occur, the agency shall designate a qualified person acceptable to the facility within two (2) working hours prior to the time the temporary personnel is required to report to work. Should the primary agency be unable to provide acceptable temporary personnel in a timely manner, the facility may cancel its request with the agency. C.Placement of Temporary Personnel with Appointing Authority The agency shall make all necessary arrangements with the Appointing Authority for the agency's employees to report and commence work for the facility as temporary personnel. Should the Appointing Authority find that within the first four (4) hours of employment, the assigned temporary personnel fails to meet the minimum qualifications for the position of the work performance of the temporary personnel is unsatisfactory, the agency shall not charge the facility for that person's time. Upon notification, the agency shall then remove the temporary personnel from the facility work site and, if requested by the facility provides a qualified replacement worker within 24 hours of removal. D.Time Sheets and Invoices Selected agency(ies) shall be responsible for communicating the facilities safety practices, benefits, timecards, and safety practices to the facility and to its employees. Agency(ies) shall provide weekly time sheets to the Appointing Authority that shall be designed to accurately reflect actual hours worked per week by each temporary personnel. Agency(ies) shall submit itemized invoices for payment directly to the Appointing Authority. The invoice shall indicate the full name of the temporary personnel, hourly rate of pay received by the temporary personnel for each assignment (as indicated in the agency's original proposal), the agreed-upon hourly rate paid to the agency, including markup percentage (as indicated in the agency's original proposal), and the subsequent total bill hourly rate for each assignment. The agency shall be responsible for all payroll withholding requirements and shall provide any and all benefits required by law to each temporary personnel. Temporary personnel shall remain the employee of the agency(ies) and shall not receive facility benefits. The agency shall provide the Appointing Authority with detailed temporary personnel reports that include data such as: name of employee, classification specification title, start and end dates (or anticipated end date), etc., and ad hoc reports, as requested.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA261-16-Q-0356 VA261-16-Q-0356.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=2561599&FileName=VA261-16-Q-0356-000.docx)

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