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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice Q506 Transitional Healthcare for Geri-Psych cohort 10468-3904 36C24221Q0413 01-22-2021 12pm

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N 621999 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468-3904 Marshand Boone Marshand T Boone Marshand.Boone@va.gov 718-584-9000 ext 4158 Departmennt of Veterans Affairs James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West KingsbridgeRoad Bronx

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http://va.gov VA homepage marshand.boone@va.gov marshand.boone@va.gov Contracting Office Information:

Department Of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 2 130 W. Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468

Synopsis:

Please note that this is not a request for quotes or proposals, the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Bronx, NY, is conducting market research to find qualified vendors to provide the service described in the attached draft statement of work.

Please see draft statement of work for full description. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 621999; the size standard is $16.5 million. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources for this procurement. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Responses to this notice should be provided in a capabilities statement which includes: 1) Offerors name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address; 2) Offerors interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued; 3) Offerors capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity and three examples of comparable work performed within the past five years with a brief description of the project, customer name, and dollar value of the project) ; and 4) Offerors Business Size (Large Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned and/or Small Business, 8(a)) and DUNS number. If your firm is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned Small Business, you must be CERTIFIED in VetBiz (see internet site: http://vip.vetbiz.gov). Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov).

Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing (email) and received by January 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Please email questions and responses to this notice to Marshand Boone at Marshand.boone@va.gov.

STATEMENT OF WORK

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Project: Veteran Transitional Healthcare Service for Geri-Psychiatric cohort at James J. Peters (JJP) VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY

2. Background: Throughout the United States, the issue of preventable readmissions is a major concern costing healthcare systems billions of dollars. One estimate identifies “wasteful spending” directly related to unnecessary readmissions and inadequate care coordination at between $25 – $45 billion annually, and places responsibility for this outcome on inadequate care coordination by hospitals. This is not only an issue of “waste” of resources in the private hospital sector, but unfortunately, also for the VA healthcare system.

Unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits and unnecessary readmissions occur as a result of patients not following or sufficiently comprehending discharge instructions, nor understanding their symptoms and treatment protocols after leaving the hospital.

3, Objective: The goal of the proposed transitional care model is to help prevent suicides among high risk geriatric psychiatric patients (identified as veterans 65 years or older with a documented suicide prevention safety plan in their electronic health record) and mitigate COVID-related healthcare and communication challenges in the JJP VAMC geri-psych cohort.

4. Scope of Work: The Department of Veterans Affairs, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, requires a contractor to develop the proposed transitional care model. The contractor provide the geriatric psych cohort with clinical outreach, follow-up, and clinical connection to ensure they are not lost to follow-up and continuity of care is maintained. These Veteran Health Extenders shall be hired by the contractor; these staffers will consist largely of Licensed practical Nurses to perform home visits with patients recently discharged from our inpatient unit. These home visits are essential for geri-psychiatric patients who refuse to come onto the campus for safety concerns (fear of COVID-19), transportation barriers (unable to drive or take public transportation) or health barriers (unable to walk to recent surgeries, arthritis, or other physical ailments that come with older age). The health extenders can provide in person care, health assessments, and facilitate Virtual health care set-up at the patients home to encourage future telehealth visits.

5. Performance Period: Date of award through one year.

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