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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 11, 2017 FBO #5587
DOCUMENT

R -- PE Measurement Services Source Sought - Attachment

Notice Date

3/9/2017
 

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

VA119A17N0149
 

Archive Date

4/8/2017
 

Point of Contact

Kimberly McLaughlin
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Page 2 of 4 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Request for Information (RFI)/Small Business Source Sought (SBSS) Product Effectiveness Measurement Services THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY (as defined in FAR 15.201(e)), this is not a solicitation. Solicitations are not available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted, or respond to any questions or comments that may be submitted in response to this RFI. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government and does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. The purpose of this RFI/SBSS is to determine the acquisition strategy regarding Small Business participation and vehicles and methods to acquire the services. The Government is interested in determining whether Small Businesses are interested and capable of performing the work. Please identify if your firms socio-economic status. If you are a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), provide a statement indicating whether you are currently verified in the Vendor Information Pages. The Government requests that contractors respond to the specific questions provided in this RFI/SBSS. Responses should demonstrate capability, not just confirm corporate capabilities. The agency does not intend to award a contract but rather gather capabilities and market information pertinent for acquisition planning. The responses to this RFI/SBSS will be captured as market research and may contribute to the development of an acquisition strategy. Information provided may be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. The information provided in the RFI/SBSS is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. PURPOSE This Request for Information (RFI)/Small Business Sources Sought (SBSS) is for a solicitation being considered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to obtain services supporting the tasks identified in the attached draft PWS. SCOPE OF WORK The Government requires contractor support personnel who shall provide support services to assist Product Effectiveness to fulfill its mission to measure the results of major programs and to establish processes to measure the contribution of healthcare solution investments to VA mission results. See attached document: Draft Product Effectiveness Measurement Services Performance Work Statement (PWS) for reference. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS SBSS CONFIDENTIALITY: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Response Format/Page Limitations: The overall total page limit for responses to this RFI/SBSS is ten (10) pages. Response submissions should be submitted in Microsoft Word format with Times New Roman font, 12 pt. or greater font size. Interested parties should limit marketing material in order to allow sufficient space for adequately, directly, and substantively responding with the information of most interest to the Government. In all correspondence relevant to this RFI/SBSS please identify it as a response to the VA Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations RFI/SBSS and refer to the identifying number of VA119A-16-N-0251. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Respondents are requested to limit responses to the information, and in the format provided below. A - GENERAL INFORMATION Organization Name and the year in which the company was established/founded (please list any previous names used). Identify if your firms socio-economic status. If you are an SDVOSB or VOSB, indicate whether you are currently verified in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) as an SDVOSB/VOSB. A brief description of your company that includes job classifications and number of employees in your company. Company ownership (public, private, joint venture). Identify any GSA schedules you hold that support this work as described in the draft PWS, if applicable. B CAPABILITY AND EXPERIENCE INFORMATION Rationale: Responses will be reviewed to determine the vendor s capability to successfully conduct a project of a similar size, scope, approach, focus (clinical business process measurement), complexity (i.e. large multi-hospital system) and influence (executive level). The vendor shall provide information that demonstrates the value the vendor contributed to the customer s healthcare organization/enterprise which positively influenced change across the enterprise. Provide one (1) example of your company s experience in managing a national health care measurement project of a comparable scope and approach, complexity, and size (i.e. large multi-hospital system) with a focus on measurement of clinical business processes.   Please provide information addressing each of the following items: Size of the past performance example enterprise Scope of the past performance example Methodology utilized as it pertains to each PWS requirement Methodology utilized to understand the organization, project scope and problem to be solved Approach to the measurement plan including both quantitative and qualitative measurements. Methodology utilized to identify and obtain needed data to perform the analysis Methodology utilized to analyze data and information gathered Description of the project s impact on workflows, workforce, legislation, regulations, and policies. Description of the projects findings and recommendations and to what level of the enterprise/organization these recommendations were made. Description of your level of participation in communicating the recommendations to the enterprise/organization Description of the value these findings and recommendations provided to the customer s healthcare organization/enterprise Description of how your work was used to positively influence organizational change across that organization. **************************************************************************** Submission: Responses to this RFI/SBSS shall be submitted to Kim McLaughlin and Lora Gross via email Kimberly.Mclaughlin2@va.gov and Lora.Gross@va.gov no later than March 7, 2017 at 2:00PM ET. Failure to respond to this RFI we be viewed as non-interest/ non-capable in performing this future requirement. Questions: No Questions are being accepted at this time. 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection  31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although proposal and offeror are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: Information. (End of provision)
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/AFMLOVASS/VASSMD/VA119A17N0149/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA119A-17-N-0149 VA119A-17-N-0149.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3326351&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0149-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3326351&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0149-000.docx

 

File Name: VA119A-17-N-0149 Draft Product Effectiveness Integration Services PWS 11.23.16.pdf (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3326352&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0149-001.pdf)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3326352&FileName=VA119A-17-N-0149-001.pdf

 

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Record

SN04430397-W 20170311/170309235208-ba09fb99688edca4f99292bd563d086b (fbodaily.com)
 

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