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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 04, 2017 FBO #5580
DOCUMENT

R -- VHA Survey Questionnaire for Rehabilitation Programs - Attachment

Notice Date

3/2/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick;Department of Veterans Affairs;321 Ballenger Center Drive, Suite 125;Frederick MD 21703
 

ZIP Code

21703
 

Solicitation Number

VA119A17N0135
 

Response Due

3/24/2017
 

Archive Date

6/22/2017
 

Point of Contact

Danielle McGriff
 

E-Mail Address

5-1763<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

Project: Survey Questionnaire for Rehabilitation Programs Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is committed to providing specialized treatment and rehabilitation care to Veterans with disabilities. These populations include, but are not limited to, Veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder (SCI&D), blindness or severe visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, amputation, other orthopedic conditions, serious mental illnesses, and homeless Veterans. As part of our obligation to monitor and assure high quality care to these groups, a valid survey of patient experiences during rehabilitation was launched in 2011. The rehabilitation survey compliments surveys administered to general VA inpatient and outpatient services that are currently monitored with the Survey of Health Experiences of Patients (SHEP). Given that the underlying instrument that forms the basis of SHEP, the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS), was not developed to address the specific needs of patients undergoing rehabilitation and use of a separate and distinct rehabilitation survey was necessary. VA rehabilitation programs currently are using the CARF developed uSPEQ survey to obtain valid information from their patients on such key areas as: 1) service responsiveness; 2) informed choice; 3) respect of individual needs; 4) functional outcomes and community participation; 5) overall perceived value and 6) respondent demographics. Without continuing such information collection, and the ability to benchmark with leading rehabilitation facilities within and outside of VA, we are limited in our ability to do continuous quality improvement, provide informed programmatic development and evaluation, rapidly identify rehabilitation program strengths and weaknesses, or conform to accreditation agency standards. Purpose: The purpose of this requirement is to: Provide the means to administer a tested, statistically valid and reliable rehabilitation customer experience survey within VA medical and psychosocial rehabilitation programs. This includes access to paper survey forms and web-based surveys as deemed appropriate for the specific patient population served at a program site. Content areas of current surveys include Service Responsiveness, Informed Choice, Respect, Participation, Overall Value, and Demographics. VA programs currently surveyed include Blind Rehabilitation, Homeless Programs, Medical Rehabilitation and Spinal Cord Injury. Others may be added if the need and resources are present. Provide program-specific results, along with internal VA and external non-VA benchmarking comparisons, for medical and psychosocial rehabilitation programs administering the rehabilitation survey. Information Requested: The contractor should illustrate its ability by providing supportive documentation that describes past projects and current capabilities that are of similar size, scope, and complexity. Past project information shall include (if applicable) contract/order number, type of contract (i.e., FPP), customer s point of contact information (name/phone/email, position), procuring contracting officer s email address, and contract value. Specific Questions to be Addressed (all questions listed below must answered completely): Describe your capacity/capability to provide/performance Survey Questionnaire for Rehabilitation Programs requirements for VA rehabilitation patients to support healthcare programs in similar size, scope and complexity as described in the attached draft PWS? Identify and describe the associated risk with the complexity of this requirement. Describe your organizations experience with surveys in a rehabilitation setting, specifically veteran s rehabilitation. The Government has determined the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541611-- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services is the most appropriate for this require. If the contractor believes another code would be more appropriate, please list the code and justification. Identify the number of labor hours, labor categories, and any other relevant pricing components/industry standards to consider, that support tasks as described in the attached draft PWS. Include a rationale/justification for a suitable contract type, if other than Firm Fixed Price. Please specify your organizations social economic category. Please provide any suggestions or feedback for the attached draft PWS. Responses: Responses should be single-spaced, 12 point-font, with numbered pages and should not exceed 12 pages in length, including cover page, appendices, tables and figures. Responses should use the following subject heading: Sources Sought Survey Questionnaire for Rehabilitation Programs Dates: Response should be submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick (SAC-F), on or before 12:00 PM EST March 24, 2017. Addresses: Please send to: Danielle McGriff (Danielle.McGriff@va.gov) and cc: Carey (Micah) Kauzlarich (Carey.Kauzlarich@va.gov). Questions: Any questions should be electronically directed to Danielle McGriff (Danielle.McGriff@va.gov) and cc: Carey (Micah) Kauzlarich (Carey.Kauzlarich@va.gov) NLT 1:00 PM Eastern time on March10, 2017. Note: The VA will use the information from this Sources Sought to assist with the development of the Agency s solicitation. Contractors shall identify any proprietary information in their Source Sought responses. Proprietary materials will neither be distributed nor discussed with any other vendor. The use of information submitted to the Government as a result of this Source Sought will be at the discretion of the Government. The information obtained from responses to this Sources Sought will remain confidential insofar as permitted by law, including the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. The Government is not obligated to provide comments to vendor submissions. The Government will not pay for information solicited and will not recognize or reimburse any cost associated with any Sources Sought submission. Therefore, the Government recommends vendors submit electronic version of, or web-links to previously prepared presentations, documentation, white papers, and other relevant information. Disclaimer: This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought 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 Sources Sought.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/AFMLOVASS/VASSMD/VA119A17N0135/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA119A-17-N-0135 VA119A-17-N-0135.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3311929&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0135-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3311929&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0135-000.docx

 

File Name: VA119A-17-N-0135 Survey PWS v3.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3311930&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0135-001.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3311930&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0135-001.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: TBD

Zip Code: 21703
 

Record

SN04420906-W 20170304/170302235351-30286c90c2c603038760a220646ed189 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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