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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs NCO22-Gilbert Network Contracting 3601 S. 6th Avenue Tucson AZ 85723

POINT OF CONTACT*

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Forrest Waller Contract Specialist forrest.waller@va.gov 520-629-4637

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Phoenix, VA Center

Phoenix AZ

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation for bids, proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. The responses received from interested contractors will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. NAICS 623220 (Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities) is applicable to determine business size standard of $16.5 million. Please provide an e-mail and include a capabilities statement with the company’s socio-economic category in response to this sources sought notice no later than September 8, 2021 11:00am MST to forrest.waller@va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 22 - Gilbert, is conducting market research to identify potential vendor sources which can provide Residential Housing for veteran patients with serious mental illness for Phoenix, AZ VA Healthcare System located at 650 E Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012. The Contractor shall provide housing for veteran patients on an as needed basis. Transitional housing is intended to provide short term case management services as a step up or step-down housing program. Veterans either are admitted directly off the streets or they are discharged from a pending in-patient or residential care. The contractor will be requirement to provide case management and treatment planning for veteran patients authorized in the facility. These services include therapeutic and rehabilitative services completed through referrals from the Phoenix VA facility. These services include the following:

1. Structured group activities as appropriate – examples include group therapy, social skills training, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, vocational counseling and physical activities as appropriate.

2. Collaboration with the VA program staff, which will provide supportive psychosocial services.

3. Individual professional counseling, including counseling on self-care skills, adaptive coping skills and, as appropriate, vocational rehabilitation counseling, in collaboration with VA program and community resources.

4. Assistance to develop life skills for responsible living patterns, to maintain an acceptable level of personal hygiene and grooming, and to achieve a more adaptive level of psychosocial functioning, upgraded social skills, and improved personal relationships, maintaining personal financial responsibilities.

5. Support for an alcohol/drug abuse-free lifestyle provided in an environment conducive to social interaction and the fullest development of the resident’s rehabilitative potential.

6. Assistance to gain and to apply knowledge of the illness/recovery process in an environment supportive of recovery models.

7. A program that promotes community interaction.

DISCLAIMER

This Sources Sought Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. The Government will treat any information received as proprietary and will not share such information with other companies. Any organization responding to this Sources Sought Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation as a result of this announcement. There is no solicitation available at this time.

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