Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

U -- CONSULTING SERVICES THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERING TO BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCE SOL 541-253-98 DUE 092598 POC Karen Lebo (440)717-2839 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Request for Quotations (RFQ) are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular Number 97-06. This procurement is set-aside for small businesses and the SIC Code is 8744 and the small business size standard is $5 million. Consulting services are required. The Employee Education System (EES) of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) needs consultant services through strategic partnering to build organizational competence and supporting infrastructure in four specific areas. The VHA, the largest healthcare system in the United States, is seeking to change itself as profoundly and as quickly as other integrated delivery systems afraction of it size. The 4 areas are: 1)Develop and Effective Executive Team and Divisional Follow-through by partnering and coaching at the division level to design more effective work processes and create more technology transfer opportunities. This will also include partnering with the executive groups, and coaching the EES leaders with focus on integration of individual initiatives and dissemination of lessons learned. 2)Designing Campaigns to Support Key Initiatives: In lieu of large-scale events to make behavioral changes design campaigns that transfer technology through a small number of events planned throughout the year. 3)Managing Performance Systematically: Consultant will help divisions focus on relevant performance measures, evaluation and employee development, and help assess how to link these measures with the divisional strategy. 4)Getting Work done through Meeting Systems: Identify meeting systems at the division and executive level which would include providing diagnostic tools for mapping meetings and classifying issues into meeting systems; and design a set of effective meeting tools and well-designed meeting systems. The period of performance is 30 September 1998 through 30 September 1999. This contract will be a Level of Effort contract for professional fees only. Additional costs for travel, telephone and other expenses will be in addition. Identify the nuber of hours, hourly rate, and extended price necessary . The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 852.219-70 Veteran-Owned Small Business; 852.270-4 Commercial Advertising; 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offer Representations and Certificat5ions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and conditions to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders-Commercial Items, including clauses incorporated by reference under Section (b) 6 through 9 and Section (c)(1). 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER (APR 1998); 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment; 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors-competitive Acquisition; and 52.215-5 Facsimile Proposals. FAX No. is (440)838-6052. Offerors responding to this announcement shall submit a technical proposal and cost proposal. The technical proposal shall address the following evaluation factor (in descending order of importance to price: 1)Demonstrate the contractor's understanding of the requirement; 2)Describe the technical and management approach to accomplish the requirements within the required time fram; 3)Identify the milestones or work break down structures; ; 4)Describe experience and knowledge of the Veterans Health Administration; 5)Describe the skill categories to be utilized; 6)Describe the number of hours required to accomplish the work effort; 7)Identify the deliverables; and 8)Identify at least three sources for past performance verification. Contractor proposal shall also contain the information required in provisions 52.212-1, a comleted copy of 52.212-3 and the certification required in 852.219-70. Documents andforms cited in this solicitation may be obtained from General Services Administration's Internet web page (at http://www.arnet.gov/far/). Quotations shall be received by 25 September at 4:30 pm local time. Offerors are hereby on notice that the Government may elect to award a contract without presentations or discussions. Posted 09/22/98 (W-SN252777). (0265)

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