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This sources sought notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick requests feedback on proposed criteria for determining if a task order requirement under the Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ contract should be set aside for the SDVOSB pool or awarded under the unrestricted pool. The notice shares four proposed criteria for pre-solicitation and two criteria for post-solicitation determinations. It requests that interested parties provide any feedback on the specific criteria by August 30, 2023 at 10:00AM ET, limiting responses to two pages and including general organization and point of contact information as well as any comments on the criteria. Depending on received feedback, the agency may request additional information, adjust the criteria, and issue future special notices related to upcoming events for the IHT 2.0 contract on SAM.gov.
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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ Contract - Request for Information (RFI) 2: Follow-Up Notice |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 21703 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C10X23R0032 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 08-30-2023 10:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 60 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
SET-ASIDE
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| R499 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 541611 |
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick |
Department of Veterans Affairs
5202 Presidents Court, Suite 103 Frederick MD 21703
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contract Specialist Kurt Tanny kurt.tanny@va.gov 240-439-6448
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
| ADDRESS |
| TBD |
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD TBD
| POSTAL CODE |
| TBD |
| COUNTRY |
| USA |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| AGENCY’S URL |
| https://www.va.gov/opal/sac/index.asp |
| URL DESCRIPTION |
| SAC |
AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
EMAIL DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration
Request for Information (RFI #2)- FOLLOW UP Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0
REFERENCE: Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ Contract- Request for Information (RFI) 2: Conceptual Unrestricted Pool (posted to SAM.gov 6/30/23 with responses due 7/14/23.)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this SPECIAL NOTICE is to share proposed Unrestricted Pool criteria with Industry Partners.
A. Background
In its previous Request for Information (Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 IDIQ Contract- Request for Information (RFI) 2: Conceptual Unrestricted Pool), VA shared information on a proposed IHT unrestricted pool and presented questions to Industry related to the Unrestricted Pool Approach. Most responses from Industry acknowledged the value of the proposed strategy but emphasized the importance of developing clear criteria for determining a given Task Order requirement as suitable for the unrestricted pool (and thus not suitable for the set-aside pool).
B. Objective
Based on the feedback received the Government has developed draft criteria to be incorporated into the IHT 2.0 solicitation and resulting contracts. The Government is sharing the criteria through this notice for full transparency on intended process. While the Government is not presenting questions to Industry in this Notice, Industry Partners may share feedback if desired following the general instructions at the end of this notice.
C. Proposed Unrestricted Pool criteria
The Government intends to include the following criteria in the solicitation and contracts for use by Contracting Officers in determining whether a customer’s requirement should be unrestricted. Assuming the Task Order requirement is otherwise within scope of the IHT 2.0 IDIQ (in terms of type of work, labor categories, period of performance, maximum value), the criteria for an unrestricted task order is as follows:
*************Criteria provided on next page*************
Pre-solicitation criteria (before issuing a task order solicitation):
| Proposed Criteria |
| Rationale |
| 1. Standard Market research (prior to submitting to contracting) shows that there are not two or more certified and capable SDVOSBs in the marketplace (the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more of those SDVSOBs will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair and reasonable price that provides best value to the United States.) |
| If full market research is conducted and documented that demonstrates two or more not capable, SDVOSB rule of two requirements are met. |
| 2. Estimated Task Order value is 5 x NAICS size standard (over $125M), per the Government’s Independent Government Cost estimate (IGCE). |
| Assumption that award of a task order of this magnitude to an SDVOSB would, in essence, create a large business with one award. |
| 3. Government estimates that 70% or greater of dollars paid for performance will be for concerns other than SDVOSB (likely Task or Labor Category Based) |
| If set-aside, inherent difficulties for VITAL to make-up subcontract percentage to get back to at least 50% SDVOSB performance (especially if this TO is larger than average) |
4. Through internal market research1 of all set-aside primes, fewer than two set-aside primes confirm their ability to support (with no CO knowledge of capable SDVOSBs outside IHT) -or- No (zero) set-aside primes provide an intention to propose on the requirement based off the requirement description.
1Internal market research would include posting a market research request with a requirements statement to all set-aside contract holders (VITALs). The requirement statement will include critical elements of the requirement such as: Urgency, Risk (Veteran patient harm/Media Scrutiny/Data Security), visibility (GAO/IG/Congressional eyes), Enterprise-wide/ Multi-Agency Requirements, specialized expertise, geographic requirements to include simultaneous deployment of resources (like EHRM deployment support or MyVA Access), predominant labor categories needed, and other pertinent requirements information as applicable.
Assumption is that 1) the awardees are the best at what they do, and 2) if VITALS can't do it with their teaming partners, there is almost zero probability that two SDVOSB outside IHT are capable.
Post-solicitation criteria (after issuing a task order solicitation):
| Proposed Criteria |
| Rationale |
| 1. Solicited set-aside Task Order solicitation results in no proposals submitted from any set-aside pool teams. |
| Assumption is that 1) the awardees are the best at what they do, and 2) if VITALS can't do it with their teaming partners, there is almost zero chance that two SDVOSB outside IHT can do it. |
2. No awardable proposal from the set-aside solicitation (based off capability) without a substantial rewrite by the offeror. (CO judgement/ determination based off technical evaluation results.)
D. Feedback
If interested in providing feedback on the proposed IHT 2.0 Unrestricted Task Order criteria, please follow the below guidelines:
1. CONFIDENTIALITY: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
2. In all correspondence relevant to this Notice, please identify it as a response to the “VHA Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0- Unrestricted Criteria Feedback- 36C10X23R0032 - <company name>”. (Response and Subject Line of email).
3. Submission: Feedback on this special notice shall be submitted to the following points of contact: Allen.Smith3@va.gov, Lashawn.Knight@va.gov, Kurt.Tanny@va.gov, Christine.Corum@va.gov, and David.Oliver4@va.gov, respectively, no later than August 30, 2023, at 10:00AM ET.
4. Limit all feedback to 2 pages or less and utilize the format below:
A. General Information
A1. Organization name, address, and web site. (Include any previous names used)
A2. Company Ownership (public, private, joint venture)
A3. Point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number.
A4. Business size (large or small). If small, please provide type of small business/socio economic status.
B. Industry Feedback
B1. Provide any feedback related to the specific criteria presented above.
E. What’s Next
Questions: No questions are being accepted at this time.
Notice Expansion: Depending upon the feedback received, VA may request additional information/ clarification, and may adjust criteria.
Future Events: Special notices will be posted to SAM.gov for any upcoming events related to IHT 2.0, including pre-solicitation notices as the RFP release date approaches.
52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)
(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.
(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: Information.
(End of provision)
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