HCHV Residential Housing for WTVAHCS
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking a Contractor to assist with the provision of emergency residential placement through the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The intent is to award a base year contract with up to four one year option periods. This contract is designed to serve homeless Veterans in need of immediate placement in a safe environment. Many of these veterans have co-morbid conditions that include serious mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders, and other serious medical conditions. The goal of the HCHV Contract Residential Care Program is to rapidly stabilize Veterans' medical, mental health, substance abuse and other psychosocial problems in order to place Veterans in other appropriate transitional or permanent housing within 60 days. VA intends to engage a Contractor to provide rapid placement of VA-referred Veterans in a safe setting.
The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about the week of December 22, 2014 with a closing date for proposal 30 days later. The solicitation will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov. Interested contractors will be responsible for download copies of solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from that website. No hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide full information to contractors about the proposal submission process. Prospective offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FBO website so that they notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. NAICS code 623220 with a small business size standard of $15Million. The solicitation will be issued for full and open competition. All responsible sources may submit proposals which shall be considered by the Agency
Entities that are interested in providing Veterans residential housing should be aware that although this contract seeks services for the areas covered by the West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS), HCHV is a national program serving Veterans throughout the country. This program continues to expand and has become one of the largest VA interventions to assist homeless Veterans. It is also the first specialized homeless program developed by the VA. It represents one of VA's most significant efforts to achieve the President's goal of ending homelessness among Veterans.
Through this contract, the VA seeks to support homeless Veterans served by HCHV by expediting placement of these Veterans into a safe residential facility. This facility must meet the criteria established both by HCHV clinical staff and VA fire and safety officials.
HCHV Contract Residential Housing Veterans are referred to contractors based on a demonstrated need for residential housing in order to further secure transitional or permanent housing as quickly as possible. The program prioritizes Veterans assessed to be highly vulnerable with a high likelihood of death due to homelessness.
Contracts will only be awarded to contractors with residential housing facilities that are located within the WTVAHCS catchment area. Ideally these facilities should be in centralized locations, near public transportation, and near areas that provide employment. Contracts will be awarded by WTVAHCS associated with the location of the residential housing facility based on the following catchment areas:
" George H. O'Brien, Jr. VA Medical Center, (WTVAHCS) Big Spring, Texas- Howard County
" Abilene Community Based Out Patient Clinic, Abilene, Texas- Taylor and Jones County
" Odessa Community Based Out Patient Clinic, Odessa, Texas -Ector and Midland County
" San Angelo Community Based Out Patient Clinic, San Angelo, Texas -Tom Green County
" Hobbs Community Based Out Patient Clinic, Hobbs, New Mexico-Lea County
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Lillian D Provencio
Contracting Officer
520-629-4614
lillian.provencio@va.gov
