Emergency Homeless Shelter for the catchment areas of VA Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS).
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUCEMENT ONLY.
The purpose of this Sources Sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes. The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this source sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award of a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to an acquisition approach. Any inquiries are to be made in writing by email to the point of contact, Durell Salaz, Contracting Officer. Responses to this notice shall be sent by email to durell.salaz@va.gov by the due date and time of 05/03/2019 by 3:00 p.m. PST. Description of requirement and submittal requirements are below:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to determine if there are any vendors with economic status of Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, Women Owned, and other Small Businesses that can provide care for homeless Veterans in the VA Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS) catchment areas. The projected period of performance is a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with five ordering periods beginning on October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2024. The socio-economic status of the responders will determine the type of set-aside, if any.
SUMMARY OF WORK
The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program, VA provides outreach and case management services to Veterans and facilitates their access to a broad range of medical, mental health, and rehabilitative services. The purpose of this solicitation is to obtain offers from contractors in Fresno, Tulare, Merced and Madera counties who can provide housing, care, treatment and rehabilitative services to Homeless Veterans suffering from serious mental illness in community-based residential/treatment facilities offering a safe and secure environment that supports their goals for recovery. The contractor will be required to provide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessible therapeutic and rehabilitative milieu and attendant services targeting the underlying factors contributing to homelessness. The contractor will not be required to provide detoxification or other hospital level treatment.
QUALIFICATIONS & CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Capable of performing outreach or otherwise identifying and referring homeless Veterans with substance abuse disorders with a desire to pursue recovery by entering a residential treatment
program to the contract program;
Capable of providing secure, separate housing and bathroom accommodations for males and females; common use of kitchen facilities and dining rooms is acceptable;
Capable of providing services twenty-four (24) hrs. a day for Veteran placements lasting up to ninety (90) days per Veteran. Extensions beyond initial ninety (90) days should be authorized in writing by VA Liaison; extensions beyond six (6) months must be prior-approved by the Social Work Service Contract Coordinator/COR;
Capable of providing three daily nutritious meals and reasonable accommodation for special dietary needs;
Capable of offering a means for clients to wash their own clothes or otherwise tend to laundry;
Capable of providing secure, appropriate storage for both Veteran belongings and medication;
Capable of providing quality case management and treatment services that utilize a Recovery Model approach that includes elements of motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and critical time intervention;
Capable of maintaining a minimum of one staff member on site at all times to ensure appropriate response to matters involving Veteran safety;
Capable of providing a working phone line and ensuring reasonably prompt communication with the VA is possible at all times;
There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 624221 with Small Business size of $11 million. NOTE: Please ensure that SAM indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement.
Only firms interested should send their information and capability statement and any questions by email to Durell Salaz durell.salaz@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, May 3, 2019. Information should include all the following:
Capability Statement
Name of Company
POC Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Web Site Address
Expiration Date
DUNS Number
Business Size/ Socio-economic Status
VIP (if applicable)
Address of Facility
Number of beds Available
Square footage of Facility
DISCLAIMER
This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this source sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a source sought notice.
Durell Salaz
durell.salaz@va.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs
