Defense Health Agency Healthcare Facility Accreditation Services (HFAS)
The purpose of this Amendment HT0011-20-R-0043-0004 is to extend the RFP closing from 8 October 2020, 2 PM EST to 19 October 2020, 2 PM EST, a 10 day extension. Please note: due to the SPS - PD2 contracting system amendment numbering issues, this Amendment is number 0004; however, this is the first Amendment to RFP HT0011-20-R-0043.
HT0011-20-R-0043-0004 Defense Health Agency
10/6/20, 3:51 PM Defense Health Agency Healthcare Facility Accreditation Services (HFAS)
This requirement is for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Medical Affairs, Clinical Support Division, Clinical Quality Management Branch Accreditation and Compliance Program Medical Military Treatment Facility Healthcare Facility Accreditation Services to provide military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) with healthcare organization accreditation and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) certification by an external, nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization (AO). The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervisor, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform MTF accreditation and PCMH certification as required.
This solicitation is being issued as a full and open competition to allow for maximum participation of large and small business entities. Points of Contact. Points of Contract (POC) for this RFP are Cherish Driver @ cherish.d.driver.ctr@mail.mil and Robert LeBlanc @ robert.e.leblanc6.civ@mail.mil. The Offeror to the solicitation is responsible to ensure receipt by the POC. in accordance with FAR 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors.
Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationary, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation.
The due date for all electronic submissions is October 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM EST.
In accordance with Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Electronic Submittal: Offers shall be electronically submitted via email to the Points of Contact identified above. The firewall utilized by the Government contracting office does not authorize or accept zip files. The email system cannot accept emails with a file size greater than 6 MB. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure electronic submission is received timely by the POCs. This RFP shall not be considered direction to proceed with the subject effort, nor a promise of future direction to proceed. Contractors are solely responsible for this RFP’s submission expense.
Questions may be submitted to the POC’s via email no later than September 28, 2020, 2 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Late or follow-up/additional questions will not be accepted or acknowledged after this date and time. Answers to submitted questions will be provided via solicitation amendment and posted to beta.SAM.gov. Answers will not be provided via email. It is the responsibility of the offerors to monitor beta.SAM.gov for the list of questions and answers and for any future solicitation amendments.
HT0011-20-R-0043 Defense Health Agency
9/18/20, 4:55 PM DHA Healthcare Facility Accreditation Services (HFAS) IDIQ Contract
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) intends to award a single-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations dba The Joint Commission, 1 Renaissance Blvd., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-4294 for up to five years [12-month (base period) plus four (4) one-year options] and up to six (6) months extension of services option, for Military Medical Treatment Facility Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Services (HFAS) to provide military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) with healthcare organization accreditation and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) certification by an external, nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization (AO).
The Department of Defense (DoD) is committed to providing quality healthcare. Achieving and maintaining accreditation by an established, nationally recognized, external AO provides objective feedback to assess compliance with healthcare standards and builds stakeholder confidence in the quality of healthcare delivered in the Military Health System (MHS). Continually developing the knowledge and skills of MTF staff on accreditation standards, the survey process and compliance monitoring are essential for continuous standards compliance to ensure safe, quality care for beneficiaries.
The solicitation for this effort was posted as a full and open competition under HT0011-20-R-0043 IAW FAR 12 and FAR 15 for a period of twenty (20) days from 9/18/2020 to 10/8/2020 and further extended an additional ten (10) days from 10/9/2020 to 10/19/2020 under HT0011-20-R-0043-0004 ( Amendment 1) to RFP HT0011-20-R-0043.
HT0011-21-D-0001 Defense Health Agency
1/26/21, 6:52 AM Defense Health Agency Healthcare Facility Accreditation Services (HFAS)
This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. The solicitation associated with this notice will not be available until APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS from the date of this notice. Contractors should not contact the contract specialist or
contracting officer seeking the solicitation as it will not be available until APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS after this notice. The expected issue date for the solicitation is August, 2020. This synopsis is not a request for a proposal,
and no proposal submitted in response to this synopsis will be evaluated. No verbal or phone conversations will be accepted.
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has a requirement to provide Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Services. The Military Medical Treatment Facility Accreditation contract provides the foundation for clinical quality management to build a program based on nationally recognized, evidence-base standards integrated with high reliability principles and continuous standards compliance. HFAS services include accreditation of MHS healthcare facilities by an external, nationally recognized accreditation organization through an onsite survey process to support DoD in providing safe, quality healthcare. The types of healthcare services provided by DoD requiring accreditation include hospital, virtual/telehealth services, ambulatory clinics, dental clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, behavioral healthcare (inpatient units and ambulatory clinics), and home health care. Services also include certification of MTF PCMH services to demonstrate compliance with national criteria and standards for the medical home model. The services provided through the Military Medical Treatment Facility Accreditation contract include initial accreditation and certification for newly realigned MTFs as well as the sustainment of existing accreditation and certification status for all other MTFs. Coordination of the timing of accreditation and certification is essential to prevent lapses in MTF accredited and PCMH certified status. In addition, HFAS services support maintenance of accreditation through tools to support continuous compliance and knowledge/skills development for DHA MTF, Market, Region, Headquarter, and Service staff. The tools support self-assessment for use by DHA MTFs, Markets, Regions and Headquarters to determine and document compliance with standards, identify specific risk points, and analyze organizational and enterprise performance to develop strategies for clinical quality improvement Training and skill development topics include the accreditation and certification requirements, standards, survey process, reporting and identified areas on non-compliance.
This procurement will be Full and Open. All responsible business concerns that meet NAICS 813920 size standard may submit an offer which will be considered for award. This acquisition will utilize Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Items.
The resulting contract will be a single-award firm-fixed price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) services contract with firm, fixed prices and fixed unit prices (CLINs). The project period of performance is a one-year base period, four (4) one-year option periods, and the potential for a six (6) month extension of services period, if required, in accordance with FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services.
Any interested Contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Any prospective offeror's SAM registration must include the applicable NAICS code 813920 for this acquisition.
Offerors shall be responsible for monitoring the website for amendments to the solicitation until it closes. The RFP must be retrieved and downloaded from beta.SAM.gov at www.beta.sam.gov. No hard copies of the RFP will be issued. All amendments will be posted and must be retrieved from this website. No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. Hand-delivered and mailed submissions of proposals will not be accepted. Proposals must be sent electronically via email submission no later than the date and time specified in the solicitation.
HT0011-20-R-0043 Defense Health Agency
8/19/20, 3:49 PM