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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Q Internal Medicine / Family Practice Physician Services for Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System 30084 36C24719R0048 04-23-2019 N 621111 Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 7 Network Contracting Office LaVista Business Park - Bldg A 2008 Weems Road Tucker GA 30084 The contractor shall provide 4.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) Board Eligible/Board Certified Internal Medicine or Family Practice Physician coverage for Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), Montgomery, AL; Tuskegee, AL; Dothan, AL; Fort Rucker, AL; Columbus, GA or; Monroeville, AL. Hours of coverage shall be from 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this acquisition is 621111 – Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) – Small Business Size Standard, $11.0 M. The product Service Code is Q509 – Medical Service/Internal Medicine.

Period of performance is 12 months from the date of the Contracting Officer signature.

The awardee will be responsible for submitting certified proof of employment for any submitted candidate to validate the candidate is employed by the awardee. This requirement is due 60 days after the date of award and 30 days after the date each substitute candidate is submitted. Failure to provide this information within the specified timeline may result in termination for non-compliance with the 50 percent labor cost requirement stated in VAAR Clause 852.219-10.

Personnel assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be licensed in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be reviewed by CAVHCS Professional Standards Board and approved by the CAVHCS Director prior to being authorized to provide patient care services. The licensee shall have an active, current, full and unrestricted license to practice his/her profession. Physicians shall be board certified and/or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Practice.

License - Contract physician(s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.

All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contract physician(s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.

All contractor personnel must have general Liability and Malpractice Insurance.

The VA may request the personnel records of any employee providing services under contract for competency review. The VA reserves the right to request copies of current certifications and/or licenses at any time during the duration of this contract.

Minimum two years’ experience as a Primary Care Physician or recent completion of an Internal Medicine or Family Medicine residency program.

Board Certification - All contract physician(s) shall be board certified and/or board eligible by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Internal Medicine or the American Board of Family Medicine and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced and/or Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency (no online certifications will be accepted). All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times.

This requirement will be issued as a Firm Fixed Priced Type contract 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. Prospective firms are reminded they must be registered on https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ and CVE Verified prior to award. Further, the SDVOSB business must be 51% or more owned by one or more service connected veterans (SDVOSB). Further, the service connected veterans (SDVOSB)/veterans must manage and control the daily operations of the firm, or in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. The SDVOSB/VOSB must meet the small business size standard under relevant industry (NAICS) Code. At least 50% of the cost of personnel for contract performance of the SDVOSB will be spent for employees of the SDVOSB itself or other eligible SDVOSB concerns.

The solicitation will be issued on or about March 25, 2019. The estimated closing date is April 23, 2019. The solicitation will not be mailed out. All interested sources must go to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at: https://www.fbo.gov/ and obtain an electronic copy of the solicitation. Offerors are responsible to ensure their proposal package is received by the exact time and date at the specified location for receipt of proposals. In addition, offerors are responsible for continuing to monitor the websites for any/all future Amendments issued, if any. Offerors shall sign copies of any amendment issued and submit with their package. Offerors need to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://sam.gov/SAM/ prior to submission of proposal.

All questions shall be in writing to the Contracting Officer.

Contracting Office Address:

Network Contracting Office (NCO), 10N7; Department of Veterans Affairs; 2008 Weems Road, Bldg A; Tucker, GA 30084-5207 Place of Performance:

Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS); 2400 Hospital Road, Tuskegee, AL 36083-5001 USA (Multiple in Alabama) Point of Contact(s):

Tanjia Harris, Contracting Officer, 404-321-6111 x205514 Tanjia.Harris3@va.gov