36C10G24Q0143 VIRTUAL REVERSE INDUSTRY DAY CCPC.pdf

SUBJECT* CONNECTED CARE PRODUCT CATALOG (CCPC)

VIRTUAL REVERSE INDUSTRY DAY –SPECIAL NOTICE

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 22408-2697

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C10G24Q0143

RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 08-16-2024 12:00 pm EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA

ARCHIVE 15 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 5963

NAICS CODE* 334111

POINT OF CONTACT* Contracting Officer

William Milline William.Milline@va.gov | (202) 689-5173 Contract Specialist Cristine Carmody Cristine.Carmody@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL www.va.gov

URL DESCRIPTION U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

http://www.va.gov/

DESCRIPTION

Special Notice

Connected Care Product Catalog (CCPC)

The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide early notification of an upcoming Virtual Reverse Industry Day regarding CCPC.

Please join the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Procurement, Acquisition and Logistics (OPAL) Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC) for a virtual Reverse Industry Day on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm/ET. The two-hour industry-led discussion will be in collaboration with the Office of Connected Care (OCC).

The SAC intends to gain a greater understanding of common industry practices, increase industry’s ability to bid on and deliver innovation, and the factors that influence a company’s “price to win” strategy. The discussion aims to hear perspectives, conflicts of interest, price realism, and more to assist the Government in developing a new acquisition strategy to procure these items, while maximizing small business participation.

This Reverse Industry Day welcomes and encourages all socio-economic categories to attend to provide insight to the Government.

Reverse Industry Day:

Expected to be held virtually via Teams on Wednesday, August 21st from 1:00 – 3:00pm/ET. This Reverse Industry Day will allow for question-and-answer periods, scheduling and logistics with the Contracting Team, and discussions of requested industry capabilities.

By engaging with industry early, the Government intends to ascertain market innovations and capabilities by providing industry an opportunity to present new competencies and innovations the Government may not have been aware of or considered.

Contractor participation in Reverse Industry Day, provides the Government further understanding of marketplace availability to enhance requirements development, highlight contractor capabilities, necessary and/or important enhancement for stakeholders, and end user/Veteran experience.

Note: During this event, the Government requests that organizations refrain from sharing proprietary information which could negatively impact competitive advantage.

Objectives of Reverse Industry Day

- Mass interactive session to clarify questions, highlight issues, uncover unrealistic or unduly restrictive requirements, and disseminate information to industry quickly with minimal risk.

- Help SAC better understand what is available in the marketplace to enhance its requirements development phase.

- Obtain feedback from industry to better understand and capture CCPC acquisition needs and challenges.

Logistics of Event:

1:00pm – 1:15pm: Government Introductions

1:15pm –1:30pm: Discussion of Requirement and Background Information

1:30pm – 2:45pm: Open Discussion with Industry and Opportunity for Real-time Feedback (1.25 hours)

2:45pm – 3:00pm: Wrap-up

Teams link to registration for the event:

https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/4b26916f-2873-4761-b919-a5ec7edd7a4d@e95f1b23-abaf-45ee-821d-b7ab251ab3bf

Please note this event is limited to 200 participants/registrants, due to bandwidth and license limitations. This is a first come first serve for attendance and participation.

Questions may be submitted during the event but due to time constraints, may not be answered. Following the close of Reverse Industry Day, all questions which were not answered will be addressed via amendment to this special notice. Questions can also be submitted concluding the event, but no more than 5 business days after; however, this is only a request, all questions may be submitted after this timeframe but may not be addressed. An email address will be provided to those attending for all questions to be submitted after the conclusion of this event.

https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/4b26916f-2873-4761-b919-a5ec7edd7a4d@e95f1b23-abaf-45ee-821d-b7ab251ab3bf https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/4b26916f-2873-4761-b919-a5ec7edd7a4d@e95f1b23-abaf-45ee-821d-b7ab251ab3bf

Acquisition Transparency:

It is sometimes difficult to apply innovative procurement approaches to enterprise-wide needs. Industry may be able to provide better procurement approaches, or at least perspectives, to this audience.

The SAC office aims to encourage transparency during the acquisition process by providing early disclosure of cost estimates to include the anticipated cost. The intent is to streamline proposal development and enable the Government a more comprehensive understanding of industry capabilities and how they align with Government needs.

Notice: The Government intends to answer all questions but cannot guarantee a response. Duplicated questions, or closely related questions, will be answered with one response. This allows the Government to collect, analyze, and respond to industry accordingly, within a reasonable timeframe.

This provides the Government with realistic perspectives and data to ensure industry partners understand the anticipated magnitude of effort to enable an informed decision.

Expected time frame for solicitation: FY25

Expected Period of Performance: Five Years after contract award (multi-year contract)

Expected contract value (not to exceed): $500 million

CCPC Background:

VA’s Connected Care technology network is an enterprise-wide, complex, and diverse system for distributing, supporting, and sustaining health care and related services. The scale of the program and its basis is unique, VA-developed products require highly specialized industry support to successfully perform, implement, and execute at the scope and complexity required.

Connected Care is defined as using electronic information or telecommunications technologies to support health care delivery, patient and professional health-related education, public health, and health administration at a distance. “Connected Care products” are defined as the combined VA ecosystem of clinical video equipment and software; store and forward technologies; web and mobile health applications;

software- as-a-service (SaaS) technologies; commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software products; mobile medical devices, peripherals, and wearables; remote patient monitoring technologies; online health portals; future connected care technologies; and ancillary items.

The CCPC procurement is a key element in the program’s success as the contract will provide the mechanism to supply Connected Care products for distribution to VHA facilities in the United States (US), US Territories, and Freely Associated States.

The previous solicitation and Statement of Work has been included for reference along with the CCPC Product List, Attachment 1, which includes all supplies that may be procured for this anticipated requirement. This product list is current as of the date of this posting; however, is subject to change. Predominately, most items to be procured are brand name and is necessary for continued, uninterrupted support to the Telehealth ecosystem of products and services.

Cancellation of Previous Solicitation 36C10G23Q0036

The previous solicitation was cancelled as the cancellation was in the best interest of the Government. The solicitation was officially cancelled on May 16, 2024, through Amendment 0006 of Solicitation 36C10G23Q0036.

This special notice is not a request for proposals. The Government is not responsible for any costs associated with responding to this notice or participation in this event.