SOURCES SOUGHT
Q -- VISN 16 Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Services (VA-19-00017198)
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2018
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 621610
— Home Health Care Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 16;715 S. Pear Orchard, 4th Floor;Ridgeland, MS 39157
- ZIP Code
- 39216
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25619Q0195
- Response Due
- 12/20/2018
- Archive Date
- 1/19/2019
- Point of Contact
- Written inquiries only to email
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. In accordance with FAR 19.202-4, this request is for information and planning purposes only; it is neither a solicitation nor a request for proposals or quotes. This announcement does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 16 is seeking to identify Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) entities, and Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) entities fully capable of providing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Services to the beneficiaries throughout VISN 16 to include VA Medical Centers (VAMC), and their associated Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC). VISN 16 will purchase DME equipment and supplies from various sources and the equipment will be shipped to the Contractor for storage until delivery to VISN 16 beneficiaries. Items included are of a therapeutic or rehabilitative nature, which are determined as medically necessary for home treatment of VISN 16 eligible beneficiaries, (e.g., hospital beds, over-bed tables, bathroom equipment, invalid lifts, hand cycles, stair glides, room air conditioners, standing tables, portable ramps, mobility (walking) aids, environmental control units (ECUs), etc.) provided to all eight (8) VA Medical Centers and their associated CBOC s which will be separated into four (4) zones; including counties and parishes supported by their respective VAMC and/or CBOC. The contractor shall be responsible for providing all supplies, materials, equipment, labor, supervision, fuel, transportation, infection control, storage, cleaning, delivery, sanitization, assembly/set-up, repair, pick-up and patient training/instruction-in-the-use of Government-owned DME. The contractor shall develop mechanisms and methods to register complaints, resolve emergencies, issue approval of Patient Rights and Responsibilities, and provide pertinent documentation of performing all tasks as identified herein for eligible beneficiaries in VISN 16. Contractor(s) shall be required to provide delivery, set-up, instructions-in-use, storage and/or pick up and routine service/refurbishment of DME. Contractor shall be JOINT COMMISSION accredited at the servicing location prior to any contract award. This sources sought/request for information is only open for SDVOSB or VOSB participation. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this RFI is 621610 - Home Health Care Services; size standard is 500 employees. All respondents to this RFI must be certified as SDVOSB or VOSB on VIP VetBiz at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. AREA OF COVERAGE FOR VISN 16: The contractor shall provide DME services in part or in whole to VISN 16 VAMC s Prosthetic & Sensory Aids Service in the area(s) of coverage as specified below titled Zone 1, 2, 3 and 4: ZONE 1 Eastern Zone, Mississippi (MS): BILOXI, MS GCVHCS AND CBOC This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen GCVHCS. CATCHMENT AREA: Biloxi, MS, Mobile, AL, Pensacola, FL, Fort Walton Beach, FL and Panama City, FL which includes: Counties in Mississippi: Pearl River, Stone, Greene, Jackson, Hancock, Harrison, George Counties in Alabama: Washington, Mobile, Escambia, Baldwin Counties in Florida: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Fort Walton JACKSON, MS GVSMVAMC AND CBOC Counties in Mississippi: Washington, Sunflower, Leflore, Carroll, Montgomery, Webster, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Issaquena, Sharkey, Humphreys, Holmes, Attalla, Winston, Noxubee, Warren, Yazoo, Madison, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale, Claiborne, Copiah, Simpson, Smith, Jasper, Clarke, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Covington, Jones, Wayne, Adams, Franklin, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Walthall, Marion, Lamar, Forrest, Perry Parishes in Louisiana: Madison, Morehouse, East Carroll, West Carroll, Richland, Tensas ZONE 2 Northern Zone Arkansas (AR): Fayetteville, AR VHCSO and CBOC This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen in VHCSO. CATCHMENT AREA: Fayetteville, AR, Ft. Smith, AR, Harrison, AR, Ozark, AR, Branson, MO, Joplin, MO, Mt. Vernon, MO, Springfield, MO, Jay, OK Counties in Arkansas: Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Marion, Newton, Scott, Sabastian, Washington Counties in Missouri: Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney, Webster Counties in Kansas: Cherokee, Crawford Counties in Oklahoma: Adair, Delaware Little Rock, AR CAVHS and CBOC This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen CAVHS. Counties in Arkansas: Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Springs, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Union, Van Buren, Washington, White, Woodruff, Yell Counties in Texas: Bowie, Morris, Franklin, Cass Counties in Oklahoma: McCurtain, Le Flore Counties in Missouri: Ozark ZONE 3 Southern Zone, Louisiana (LA): This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen in AVAMC. Alexandria, LA AVAMC and CBOC Parishes in Louisiana: Winn, Grant, La Salle, Caldwell, Franklin, Catahoula, Concordia, Avoyelles, Rapides, Jena Vernon, Jonesville, Natchitoches, Beauregard, Allen, Evangeline, St Landry, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Cameron, Acadia, St Martin, Lafayette, Iberia, Vermilion, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Desoto, Red River, Point Coupee New Orleans VA SLVHCS and CBOC This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen SLVHCS. Parishes in Louisiana: Orleans, Plaquemine, St. Charles, Iberville, St. Tammany, Livingston, West Baton Rouge, St. Helena, St. John the Baptist, Terrebonne, St. Bernard, Jefferson, Lafourche, Assumption, Vermillion, Ascension, Tangipahoa, East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Washington, St. James Shreveport, LA OBVAMC and CBOC: This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen OBVAMC. Counties in Louisiana: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Union, Webster, Morehouse, Richard Counties in Texas: Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Red River, San Augustine, Shelby, Titus, Upshur Counties in Arkansas: Columbia, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier, Hempstead, Howard, and Nevada ZONE 4 Western Zone, Texas (TX): Houston, TX MEDVAMC and CBOC This includes Patients who reside near bordering states catchment areas but prefer to be seen in MEDVAMC Counties in Texas: Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, WaIler, Washington, and Wharton. Parishes in Louisiana: Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron Definitions and Acronyms: DME: Durable Medical Equipment GCVHCS: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System MEDVAMC: Michael E. DeBakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center VHCSO: Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks CAVHS: Central Arkansas Healthcare System AVAMC: Alexandria VA Medical Center OBVAMC: Overton Brooks VA Medical Center GVSMVAMC: GV Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center SLVHCS: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System VAMC: VA Medical Center VAHCS: VA Healthcare System VISN: Veterans Integrated Service Network CBOC: Community Based Outpatient Clinics IDIQ: Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity SDVOSB: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business VOSB: Veteran Owned Small Business Interested parties may identify their interest and capability in writing via email to Laurie Morris at laurie.morris@va.gov; no later than 09:00 CT, December 20, 2018 with subject line to read: Sources Sought Response DME and provide the following information: Name and address of company; DUNS Number; CAGE Code; Tax ID Number; Primary Point of Contact with phone number and email address; Socio-economic status and any pertinent information, which demonstrates firm s ability to meet the requirement; Zones listed above in which interested parties can provide DME services; Joint Commission Accreditation is required prior to an award of any contract for DME services. Include a statement of compliance in capability statement, or steps taken to become compliant. Capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described above. NOTE: This Sources Sought is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an invitation for bids, request for proposal and/or quotes. The Government is not responsible for any costs associated with preparing responses to this notice and your response(s) will be treated as information for the Government to consider. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (30-NOV-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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