RTS MED - RFI.docx

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY; it is not a Solicitation (i.e. Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or Invitation for Bids) or an indication that the Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO) will contract for the services contained in the RFI. This RFI is part of a Government market research effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary and the Government will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. If a competitive solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the SAM website https://sam.gov/ at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that Solicitation announcement separately from any response to this announcement. This RFI does not restrict the Government's acquisition approach on a future Solicitation.

RESPONSES: Respondents to this RFI are to describe their interest and ability to perform the requirements summarized below in the description of the requirement. Responses are to contain (1) company name, (2) CAGE code, (3) mailing address, and (4) primary point of contact information, to include telephone number and email address. Responses should be formatted as either MS Word (.doc) or Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) and should be limited to a maximum of ten pages. Proprietary/competition sensitive information (appropriately marked) will be protected from disclosure to the greatest extent practical; however, it is preferred that respondents do not provide proprietary or otherwise restricted responses. No faxes, courier delivered, or telephone inquiries/submissions will be accepted.

Responses should be submitted to David D. Robledo, Contracting Officer at david.d.robledo.civ@mail.mil and Mark A. Green, Contract Specialist, at mark.a.green10.civ@mail.mil and Georgeana L. Green, Contract Specialist, at georgeana.l.green.civ@mail.mil no later than 11:00 AM Central Time, 17 February, 2021.

CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The United States Army Health Care Activity, Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO) intends to solicit and award a stand-alone non-personal services contract for the Regional Training Site – Medical (RTS-MED). The services to be provided will be training and support of all United States Army Reserve (USAR) medical units, Department of Defense (DoD) medical and non-medical forces. The RTS-MED is a training facility staffed and equipped to provide and support collective and individual training to medical units and personnel. The RTS-MED executes training for reserve component medical units, other Army components, joint medical units, and civil authorities in disaster assistance and response to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) training support. The RTS-MED program consists of face-to-face training in support of medical and non-medical personnel, which includes training deploying soldiers, refreshing medical skill sets for non-deploying soldiers, supporting Extended Combat Training (ECT), providing bio-medical maintenance, and maintaining medical training sets. The anticipated sites of performance: primarily at Camp Parks CA, which includes the sub-site at Fort Hunter-Liggett CA; Fort Gordon GA; and Fort McCoy WI. Split-based operations for Ft. Hunter Liggett during Warrior Exercise (WAREX) and Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) are required at Camp Parks, and may be required at Camp Roberts and/or Camp San Luis Obispo, CA. Exercise locations may change based on mission requirements.

Potential labor categories required (list is not all inclusive):

-Admin/Training Program Manager -Site Lead -Clinical/Training Lead -EMT Instructor -Computer System Analyst -Heavy Equipment Mechanic -Motor Vehicle Mechanic (Light Wheel) -Refrigeration Heating-Air Conditioning Mechanic -Tools and Parts Technician/Instructor -Maintenance Section Lead -Generation Mechanic Instructor -Field Communication Instructor -PAD Administrative Instructor -Dental/CMS Instructor -Lab Instructor -X-Ray Instructor -Lead Supply Technical Instructor -Safety Quality Assurance Representative -Administrative Assistant -ICU/ICW or CMS Instructor -Communication Technology Specialist Instructor -Supply Tech Instructor/Operator -Food Servicer -Bio Medical Maintainer/Instructors

The Goals of the RFI:

· Gain knowledge of common business practices for behavioral health workers.

· Obtain feedback regarding feasibility of the described requirement (challenges, limitations, costs, etc).

QUESTIONS FOR INDUSTRY: The Government desires that respondents offer their experience and recommendations on the following questions related to services provided by RTS-MED.

1. What is the name and address of your business?

2. Identify a responsible point of contact who can be contacted regarding your response, their phone number and email address.

3. Is your firm a large business, small business, certified 8(a) small business, certified HUBZone business, woman-owned small business and or Service Disabled veteran owned concern? (Specify all that apply)

4. What is your company’s North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement? What NAICS code would you anticipate for a requirement for services necessary to meet the Government’s objective?

5. Describe your labor categories and the qualifications required to staff labor categories in support of RTS-MED.

6. Do you anticipate a challenge recruiting any of the labor categories? If yes, identify the labor categories and locations that may be a challenge to recruit personnel and provide your rationale.

7. What innovative approaches are used by your company to recruit and retain contract personnel?

8. Describe your staffing strategy to recruit and hire for hard-to-fill positions.

9. Would you be proposing on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s), prime contractor with team member subcontractor(s), and/or joint venture? (if you have a proposed a joint venture, identify to the extent possible, your team members, identify the business size of your team members or joint venture firms. If a teaming arrangement is planned, give details to the extent practicable on how the team likely will be composed. See FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements, as ell as 8(a) Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513.)

10. Provide at least 3 examples of similar or comparable projects in terms of scope, size and complexity for which you were the prime contractor, joint venture partner or first tier subcontractor responsible for the medical equipment maintenance, warehouse operations, and/or maintenance/supply operations. Identify the scope of your contractual responsible, the location, client, and size of the project in terms of labor cost and equipment managed.

11. What type of pricing structure would best meet the Government’s objective (e.g., fixed hourly price)? Should incentives be considered and if yes, identify the proposed incentives.

12. Should the Government publish a formal solicitation, do you anticipate any challenges preparing a competitive price proposal to provide services based on some or all of the characteristics described above? Do you anticipate any perceived barriers to competition? If so, please specify.

13. After receipt of Request for Proposal, what do you consider to be an acceptable timeframe (i.e., 30 days, 45 days, etc.) for you to prepare and submit of your proposal to the Government?

14. Do you recommend a transition period prior to start of performance? If so, how many days? Describe what tasks you will have to perform during the transition period (i.e., recruitment and hiring of personnel, obtaining security clearance, etc.).

15. Do you have any comments on the requirements described above? If so, please specify.