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SUBJECT*

Urology Physician Service PoP 9/1/2024-2/28/2025

GENERAL INFORMATION

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

316 Robert Street N. STE. 506 St. Paul MN 55101

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Daniel Vagts daniel.vagts@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

ADDRESS

3600 30th Street

Des Moines IA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

OPPORTUNITIES-DESCRIPTION

Sources Sought Notice

This is a sources sought announcement only. This is not a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of current market conditions relative to NAICS 621111 “Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)” with a size standard of $12 million. The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Network Contracting Office 23 (NCO 23), on behalf of the Des Moines VA Health Care System, Des Moines, IA is seeking to identify any vendors capable of providing contractual services for Urology Physician Services in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the DVA and VA-CIHCS. The period of performance will be six month base period, with no available options. Estimated start date is September 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025.

Background: Pursuant to the Veterans First Contracting Program, the VA is trying to ascertain if there are qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) with the capability of providing the below services (Respondents are not limited to SDVOSB/VOSB concerns; the Government seeks to identify ALL potentially interested sources):

Services Provided: The Contractor shall provide Board Certified /Board Eligible Urology Physician Services on site in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the VA-CIHCS. Could be one MD and NP or 2 MD.

Place of Performance: Contractor shall furnish services at the VA-CIHCS 3600 30th Street Des Moines, IA 50310

QUALIFICATIONS:

License: The Contractor’s physician(s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia when services are performed onsite on VA property.

All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor’s 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.

Board Certification: All contractor’s physician(s) shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible by the American Board of Urology (ABU) and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.

Credentialing and Privileging: Credentialing and privileging is to be done in accordance with the provisions of VHA Directive 1100.20 and VHA Directive 1100.21 referenced above. The Contractor is responsible to ensure that proposed physician(s) possesses the requisite credentials enabling the granting Page 1 of privileges. No services shall be provided by any Contractor’s physician(s) prior to obtaining approval by the Facility Medical Executive Board and Medical Center Director.

If a Contractor’s physician(s) and/or other contract provider(s) are not credentialed and privileged or has credentials/privileges suspended or revoked, the Contractor shall furnish an acceptable substitute without any additional cost to the government.

Technical Proficiency: Contractor’s physician(s) shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government’s requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read, and write English fluently. Contractor shall provide documents upon request of the CO/COR to verify current and ongoing competency, skills, certification and/or licensure related to the provision of care, treatment and/or services performed. Contractor shall provide verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences including any gaps in educational history for all contractor’s physician(s) and contractor’s physician(s) shall be responsible for abiding by the Facility's Medical Staff By-Laws, rules, and regulations (referenced herein) that govern medical staff behavior.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)/ Certified Education Unit (CEU) Requirements: Contractor shall provide the COR copies of current CMEs as required or requested by the facility. Contractor’s physician(s) registered or certified by national/medical associations shall continue to meet the minimum standards for CME to remain current. Contractor shall report CME hours to the credentials office for tracking. These documents are required for both privileging and re-privileging. Failure to provide shall result in loss of privileges for contractor’s physician(s).

Training (ACLS, BLS, EHR and VA MANDATORY): Contractor shall meet all VA educational requirements and mandatory course requirements defined herein; all training must be completed by the contractor’s physician(s) as required by the VA. Other training may become required. VA will communicate any changes to the training requirement to the contractor. List all Training required here (TMS courses, EHR, etc.) and associated time. Remove this instruction from final RFP.

Responses to this sources sought notice must include the following information.

1. General Information of your company name, address, contact person name, phone number, fax number, e-mail address(s) and DUNS number and company website if available.

2. Socio-economic status of business (i.e. SDVOSB/VOSB, Small Business, Large etc.)

3. Are you, or have you provided Urology Physician Services. If so, please provide contract number(s) for the previous three (3) years.

4. Will your company enter into a joint venture or other relationship in order to provide this service?

Responses to this market survey shall be e-mailed (only) to the attention of Daniel Vagts, Daniel.vagts@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 11:00 am Central Time, July 30, 2024. No solicitation document is available currently; this notice is to acquire information only. Vendors interested in providing an offer will have to respond to a solicitation announcement that shall be published separately.