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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

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OPAL | Strategic Acquisition Center

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Contract Specialist Traevon Black Traevon.Black@va.gov 540-735-3914

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Solicitation Number: 36C10G23R0016

Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Synopsis: COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for VA Medical & Dental Fee Schedules and Benchmarks prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 36C10G23R0016 is issued for this combined synopsis/solicitation; this solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This combined synopsis/solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-01 effective December 30, 2022.

Requirement Description The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Integrated Veteran Care (IVC) has a requirement for Dental & Medical Fee Schedules and Benchmarks:

1. Obtain data via Current Dental Terminology (CDT) codes to support Veteran Affairs (VA) standardization of local reimbursement rates for Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) to use in determination of current market dental procedure payment and reimbursement rates.

2. Develop a Dental VA Fee Schedule (DVAFS) that will be shared with Third Party Administrators (TPAs) and dental providers

3. Obtain necessary data via allowed and charged medical benchmarks to support VA’s sustainment of the proprietary Medical VA Fee Schedule (MVAFS) which is used to standardize local reimbursement rates. This task is restricted to obtaining data and does not include data analysis or recommendation.

The Government plans to award a single-award, definite-quantity, firm-fixed price contract, as a result of this solicitation. Quotes shall contain the Quoter’s best terms for technical capabilities and price for VA Dental & Medical Fee Schedules and Benchmarks. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.

This acquisition is unrestricted and is not set-aside for small business concerns. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services and the associated size standard is $21.5 million.

This acquisition is in accordance with FAR Part subpart 12.6 in conjunction with FAR Part 13 for Dental & Medical Fee Schedules and Benchmarks. All interested parties are required to quote all Contract Line Items (CLINs) per contract year (Base Year and each of the four 12-month Option Years) in accordance with Attachment B – Price Schedule.

This procurement effort is to establish a single-award contract with a one-year base period and with four 12-month option periods.

The FAR provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition including attached addenda to the provision.

The FAR provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, and the specific evaluation criteria in the attached addenda also applies to this acquisition.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer, if not available in the System for Award Management (SAM).

The FAR Provision found at 52.204-7(b)(1) requires that “All interested Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to submitting an offer or quotation.” SAM can be accessed at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ .

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

All questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation shall be submitted on Attachment F – QUESTIONS and are due via email no later than 3:00PM Eastern on January 17, 2022, to Traevon.Black@va.gov and Justin.Sink@va.gov. No calls will be accepted.

Proposals are due via email by 3:00PM EDT on January 31, 2022 to Traevon.Black@va.gov and Justin.Sink@va.gov.

See attached document: Solicitation 36C10G23Q0016 Dental Data and Medical Benchmarks.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT A PWS Dental and Medical Fee Schedules and Benchmarks.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT A1 Veterans Health Administration Dental Program - VHA Directive 1130.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT B PRICE SCHEDULE.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT C CDT DATA CODE SAMPLE LIST.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT D CPT DATA CODE SAMPLE LIST.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT E Past Performance Questionnaire.

See attached document: ATTACHMENT F Questions.

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice