SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- EMS TRaining
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2021 9:51:43 AM
- Notice Type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) LEAVENWORTH KS 66048 USA
- ZIP Code
- 66048
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25521Q0393
- Response Due
- 8/20/2021 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/19/2021
- Point of Contact
- Jeanine A. Wallace, Contract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
-
jeanine.wallace@va.gov
(jeanine.wallace@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Page 3 of 3 This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) DUNS number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. The VA Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking a potential qualified contractor to provide EMS Training for the Columbia VAMC, located at 800 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO that meet the brand name specifications and high-quality threshold while integrating excellent environmental stewardship. Please see the statement of work on following pages. NAICS Code: 813910 (Other Services). Important information: The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. Currently a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms is anticipated based on the Veterans Administration requirement with Public Law 109-461, Section 8127 Veterans Benefit Act. However, if response by Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 813910 (Other Services). The small business size standard is 500 employees. Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM located on the web at www.sam.gov). Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail: to mark.socha@va.gov. All information submissions should be received no later than 11:00 am CST on June 17, 2020. After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation will be published. Description of Use The Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) offers certification for environmental services frontline workers. Established using a comprehensive nationwide job analysis of a health care environmental services technician s responsibilities and defined focus groups. The program covers all aspects of a frontline worker s typical tasks and accountabilities. Receiving certification as a Health Care Sanitation Technician (CHEST) will enable the Columbia VHA Environmental Management Service to deliver world class health care through providing a clean sanitized hospital environment and reduce hospital HAI s by creating a consistent cleaning method based in evidence based training and concepts. Technical Specifications CHEST is built on an innovative Train-the-Trainer model (T3): facilities select a representative from their staff to be trained through a CHEST TTT program, the representative then delivers the CHEST certification program in their facility directly to frontline staff. The instruction delivered at the T3 program will include the same information T-CHEST will be delivering to prospective CHEST during facility training sessions. Contractor will be providing Trainer Resources to T-CHEST who have completed the program (facilitator guide, videos, game cards, etc.). T-CHEST may deliver the content over any desired number of sessions, provided they adhere to the curriculum and required number of hours per module. Registration 7 attendees (T-CHEST s) Honoraria 1 Master Trainers Round-trip Airfare 1 Master Trainers Hotel Accommodations, 4 nights 1 Master Trainers Ground Transportation 1 Master Trainers Meals 1 Master Trainers Car Rental 1 Vehicle Training Materials (printing, shipping, etc) For 7 attendees
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- Record
- SN06101757-F 20210820/210818230121 (samdaily.us)
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