S02 - ATTACHMENT 2 - SALIENT FEATURES - STATEMENT OF WORK - SOW - DRIVERS REHABILITATION VAN - 08-27-2021.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

DRIVER’S REHABILITATION VAN

1. GENERAL OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS

Authority: Washington DC Veteran’s Affair Medical Center

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

PURPOSE:

Our physical medicine driver’s rehabilitation program is seeking to purchase a driver’s rehabilitation van that will expand the types of training that can be performed with a wider range of equipment. A van will allow wheelchair users to utilize and transport their wheelchairs in the vehicle without an exterior lift. This is especially important for wheelchair dependent Veterans as to help protect their primary means of mobility and to improve safety of transfers in and out of the vehicle. In addition, the van also provides more room inside of the vehicle for transfers to/from the driver or passenger seat.

BACKGROUND:

Driver’s rehabilitation is a unique and important program to allow Veterans of all ability levels to be assessed for returning behind the wheel after a medical event that impedes their ability to drive. Currently, our VA Medical Center offers driver’s rehabilitation with two occupational therapists who are certified in driver’s rehabilitation training. For this program to work, the DCVA maintains a driver’s rehabilitation simulator on site and one adapted sedan for on-the-road trainings.

Driver’s rehabilitation vehicles have unique specifications to accommodate adaptive equipment and to allow for wheelchair access and clearance.

VAMC serves veterans and active duty members with various diagnoses including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation, cognitive impairment/ decline, and other neurological disorders

SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY:

TASKS AND ASSOCIATED DELIVERABLES:

The following specifications are required when searching for this adapted vehicle:

Type of vehicle (not brand specific)

a. Minivan or conversion van with lowered floor

b. Quantity: 1

c. Make: Dodge, Chrysler, Toyota

d. Model: Grand Caravan, Pacifica, Sienna

e. Specifications/Modifications

i. Power lock doors

ii. Power windows

iii. Remote keyless entry

iv. Power Drivers Seat

v. Power Steering/Brakes

vi. Air Conditioning

vii. Tilt Steering

viii. Van conversion for wheelchair access including side power ramp/side-entry system

ix. Interchangeable instructor hand control kit

x. Left foot pedal accelerator

xi. Pedal block

xii. MPD Turn signal extension

1. Crossover

2. Drop style

xiii. Shift Lever extension

xiv. Jimmy seat belt assist

xv. Steering knob

xvi. Instructor mirrors:

1. rear-view mirror

2. eye-check mirror

xvii. Instructor braking system

xviii. “Drivers rehab” exterior magnetic signage

xix. Brake light indicator inside the vehicle

xx. NHTSA & FMVSS Compliance and Verification including FMVSS 403 & 404

Rollover Standards

xxi. Power kneeling system

xxii. Manual wheelchair locks down system

xxiii. Removable 6-way transfer seat in both driver and passenger locations

1. 4-6” wheels; TBD by mobility dealer for optimal movement and line of sight

2. QRT Slide n Click

xxiv. Turnbuckle bolts for securement

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:

The van will be purchased by the service with all the requested modifications in place and ready to use for on-the-road training. A standard vehicle warranty will be included. All labor and services to modify a vehicle will be included in the overall service quote. The van will have the compliance and verification of these modifications completed. The vendor will provide an overview of the modifications and issue any user guides as needed to the therapy staff.

As with our current driver’s rehabilitation vehicle, the van will be added to the Washington DCVA Medical center vehicle fleet and managed by our fleet manager.

It will be parked in the same location as the current driver’s rehabilitation vehicle, in the parking garage at the DCVA Medical Center.