Health Care Analysis Tool
Request for Information
This Request for Information is for planning purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
1. The VA is seeking a potential contractor to provide all a tool used for selecting a health plan, conducting competitor analysis, examining quality improvement and benchmarking plan performance. Provided in this tool is the ability to generate custom reports by selecting plans, measures, and benchmarks (averages and percentiles) for up to three trended years. Results in table and graph formats offer simple comparison of plans' performance against competitors or benchmarks.
2. All responses must include the following information: Company name, cage code, CCR number, GSA Schedule Contract Number, Company Address, Point of Contact name, Phone Number, Fax number and E-mail address. The subject line of the correspondence should clearly display the Request for Information Number. Also, please provide the following information in your response:
a) Past Experience - Provide the following information on a maximum of three similar projects completed within the last five years for which the responder was the prime contractor. A project is considered similar if the contractor provided support during the development lifecycle, preferably in a health systems environment.
" The name, address, type and value of each project.
" The name, telephone and address of the owner of each projects.
" A description of each project, including difficulties and successes
" The firm's role and services provided for each project.
b) Capabilities/Qualifications - Provide the following information for each functional area listed in the "REQUIREMENTS" section above.
" Description of the capabilities/qualifications/skills your company possesses to perform task orders under each functional area.
" Resumes of key personnel for each functional area (one person may be listed as key personnel for more than one functional area).
c) Business size standards - Vendor shall provide the following information regarding their company:
" Whether they are small business, HUBZone small business; service-disabled, veteran-owned small business; 8(a) small business; veteran-owned small business; woman-owned small business; or small disadvantaged business; and their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your response to this information requested will assist the Government in determining whether a set-aside is possible.
3. Because this is a Request for Information announcement, no evaluation review letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No solicitation exists. Therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business, SDVOSB, VOSB or (8) a set-aside based on the responses received.
Contracting Office Address:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC)
6150 Oaktree Boulevard
Suite 300
Independence, Ohio 44131
Andrea Fink
Contract Specialist
216.447.8300 x3618
[email protected]