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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 FBO #6513
DOCUMENT

Q -- Companion Care Services| Tampa - Attachment

Notice Date

9/23/2019
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

621610 — Home Health Care Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8);8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525;Tampa FL 33637
 

ZIP Code

33637
 

Solicitation Number

36C24819Q0055
 

Response Due

9/23/2019
 

Archive Date

11/22/2019
 

Point of Contact

Cyrouse Himid Houshyani
 

E-Mail Address

cyrouse.houshyani@va.gov
(cyrouse.houshyani@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VISN 8, James A. Haley Veters Hospital (JAHVAH) located at 13000 Bruce B. Downs, Tampa, FL 33612 requires a contract to provide Surgery Home Health Aide Driver in support of eligible beneficiaries of the OVAMC. The contractor shall provide Special Needs Ground Transportation by a Home Health Aide (HHA) or Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) Services. The Contractor shall provide all equipment, supplies, management, supervision, and personnel necessary to assure that all services are in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the potential contract to beneficiaries of the JAHVAH. The coverage option required for emergent cases shall be 24 hours/day, seven (7) days/week (including Holidays). The typical transport routine will allow the contractor to be contacted /notified within 24-48 of service requirement or need for service. The services provided shall consist of transportation from the veteran s residence and shall include but not limited to, any reasonable medical/personal equipment, and a family member to the JAHVAH for surgery. Contractor shall contact the patient prior to arrival. The arrival time shall be no later than 15 minutes prior to the time deemed necessary to leave the veteran s residence to arrive at the JAHVAH on time for scheduled Surgery. The services provided to beneficiaries of the JAHVAH will be the geographic areas assigned to the JAHVAH. The geographic areas are the counties of Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando and Polk. On rare cases, trips may extend beyond JAHVAH geographic area. Should this be the case, the contractor will be notified of the request. If contractor is capable of such request, the same rate shall apply as the JAHVAH geographic area. The contract will not be under any obligation to except services extended beyond the service area. As such, JAHVAH reserves the right to use another means of service in cases where the trips may extend beyond the service area. In addition to the above, the contractor shall be responsible for the following: a. Physically escorting the veteran, any applicable equipment and family member(s) to the JAHVAH Ambulatory Surgery Unit (ASU) designated check in location. The contractor shall arrive at the ASU check in location no later than the assigned arrival time. The Government may except a fifteen-minute delay based on unforeseen circumstance. The contractor shall wait with the veteran until their care has been taken over by a member of the JAHVAH staff. b. Wait on site until patient discharge. Breaks are authorized. If a break is required, the contractor shall notify the designated ASU staff as well as providing a way of contact. The contractor shall not be away from discharge location more than ten (10) minutes. c. Transporter shall be responsible for serving as the proxy for the veteran. Upon discharge, proxy shall accomplish necessary discharge actions/requirements for the patient. d. The transporter shall arrive with in ten (10) minutes of the anticipated discharge time. Personnel shall be required to wait on site if there is a delay in the patient discharge. e. Sign hospital discharge paperwork, this shall include understanding discharge orders for diet, restrictions, medication administration orders (time, quantity), side effects to look for (fevers, redness, worsening pain), and post-op surgical site care orders. f. Physically escort the patient to the designated location of the transport vehicle and assisting with transfer from the wheelchair to the vehicle. Upon arrival to the designated location, the contractor shall assist with transfer from the vehicle to the patient s home. g. As necessary, stop at the JAHVAH outpatient pharmacy which is offsite to pick up medication prescribed after discharge from the Ambulatory Surgery unit. Additional stops may include the prosthetic department to pick up items prescribed after discharge from the ambulatory surgery unit. The contractor shall wait at all stops with the Veteran until all required discharge needs are complete. The Authority for this procurement is the Department of Veterans Affairs Directive 1663 implementing provisions of Public Law 104-262, the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, which expands VA s health care resources sharing authority in Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) Sections 8153 (sharing authority). The anticipated period of performance for this contract will be from November 16, 2018 through November 15, 2023 for the base year and four (4), one (1) year option periods. The solicitation will be prepared in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 and evaluated in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 13. The solicitation document will be issued as Request for Quote (RFQ) 36CVA248-19-Q-0055. The procurement will be full and open competition. The North American The North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 621610. Business Size Standard is 15 million of dollars. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on or about October 26, 2018 at the FedBizOpps (FBO) website: https://www.fbo.gov. It is anticipated that the closing date for submission of quotes will be November 9, 2018, at 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Any amendments or additional information issued to this notice will also be available at the FBO website. Contractors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendments or additional information. Telephone inquiries will be accepted; however, questions must be submitted in writing to the following e-mail address: cyrouse.houshyani@va.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/TaVAMC673/TaVAMC673/36C24819Q0055/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: 36C24819Q0055 36C24819Q0055.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=5167021&FileName=36C24819Q0055-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=5167021&FileName=36C24819Q0055-000.docx

 

File Name: 36C24819Q0055 Pre -Solicitation Notice Attachment 1.pdf (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=5167022&FileName=36C24819Q0055-001.pdf)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=5167022&FileName=36C24819Q0055-001.pdf

 

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

Place of Performance

Address: Department of Veteran Affairs;James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital;13000 Bruce B. Downs;Tampa, Florida

Zip Code: 33612
 

Record

SN05454617-W 20190925/190923230825-36e07aabeffa9ebec67624b156c2d09e (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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