Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130

R -- JCAHO INTEGRATION SURVEY SOL RFP 523-23-99 DUE 100899 POC Michael C. Kennison, 617-232-9500, Extension 5538 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer by e-mail, michael.kennison@med.va.gov. The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System seeks a firm to provide organizational assessment and recommendation services regarding Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations accreditation evaluation, education and design services for the Office of Safety and Occupational Health Management at the VA Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. The Contractor is expected to conduct an evaluation in accordance with the most recent standards of JCAHO, which is a national organization dedicated to improving the care, safety, and treatment of patients in health care facilities. The Contractor shall provide Environment of Care consolidation and integration support and strategy necessary to assist the VA Boston Healthcare System in preparation for it's forthcoming Fiscal Year 2000 JCAHO Survey. The contractor shall conduct or produce, at a minimum, documentation reviews; evaluation of environment of care; facility hazard surveillance; presentations; opening and closing conferences; a recommendation report; workshops: an environment of care manual and; JCAHO Environment of Care implementation and regulatory support. Contractor shall work with VA staff to assist in implementing the consolidation and integration program. At a minimum, the contractor shall attend management meetings, provide program development, staff education and technical support. A best value determination will be based on the following the following factors in order of importance and will be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical capabilities (2) Past Performance and (3) Price. Evaluation of your proposal will be conducted as follows: Technical -50 points, Past Performance -- 30 points and Pricing -- 20 points. Under technical shall be subfactors for Knowledge and experience with JCAHO requirements and regulations (25 points) and quality of personnel (25 points). Your technical proposal must contain a write-up of your proposed approach to the services required including your proposed delivery schedule and resumes for proposed personnel. The technical proposal is limited to no more than ten pages, single spaced, 12 pitch. Soliciting past performance information shall be done by the government. Your business proposal must include a page labeled "Past Performance Contacts" which lists three references for similar projects done within the past three years with the name of the contact person who will be completing the questionnaire the government sends, the contact's phone number, and fax number with a brief description of the project performed for each contact. The business/pricing proposal must include the following three elements: (1) Labor -- the hourly rate for each labor category proposed and the number of hours proposed; (2) other anticipated direct costs. The hourly rate given must be supported by a detailed breakdown indicating how it was derived, or, if the hourly rate is a previously established commercial or government rate. The VA Boston Healthcare System intends to award a firm-fixed price contract. Contract award is Subject to the Availability of Funds. This procurement is a total small business set-aside and the applicable SIC Code is 8742 and all responsible offerors may submit an offer which will be considered. Requests for the solicitation must be written, no telephone or facsimile requests will be honored. Send the request to Contracting Officer (90C) VA Boston Healthcare System, VA Medical Center, Building Nine, Room 424, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02130-4893. Proposals are due to the Contracting Officer (90C) at the above address by no later than the Close of Business 4:30 PM local time October 8, 1999. Pertinent submission instructions are available in the RFP. Offerors are hereby on notice that the Government may elect to award a contract without discussions. Posted 09/03/99 (W-SN376362). (0246)

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