DRAFT_STATEMENT_OF_OBJECTIVES_(SOO).docx

Statement of Objectives (SOO): DHA Initial Outfitting Advisory & Assistance Services

The Defense Health Agency – Facilities Division (DHA-FD) is charged with outfitting and transitioning Department of Defense health facilities. Technical expertise in Initial Outfitting and Transition (IO) is not widely available within the Government; therefore, the acquisition of advisory and assistance services is desired to help DHA-FD and their service partners achieve maximum effectiveness in their IO management and execution.

The awardee shall provide IO expertise and technical acumen to DHA IO Program Management and individual DHA IO projects, to include:

· Represent Defense Health Agency (DHA) as liaison to DOD project customers, IO contractors, DOD construction agents, and other applicable agencies.

· Provide technical documents to support IO requirement development. This includes:

· Comparing construction contract deliverables with all commodities and services required for turn-key, functioning health facility.

· Providing technical documents in support of the IO acquisition project including, but not limited to, project room contents list, low voltage system requirements, solicitation inputs, and scheduling/transition constraints.

· Providing reports of project management and technical oversight for planning, execution and evaluation of project tasks, and Furniture, Furnishing and Equipment (FFE) and Low Voltage System (LVS) vendors.

· Provide technical review of all IO contractor submittals and other applicable documents. Provide corrective comments in applicable government systems (e.g. ProjNet). Review and critique project submittals for DHA, provide technical evaluations of contractor submittals, and submit findings to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ProjNet program.

· Provide training for Government personnel in IO technical matters to improve the Government’s efficiency and effectiveness in IO Program Management.

· Coach and train medical users on submittal reviews and documentation.

· Recommend Initial Outfitting Standard Operating Procedures that the Government can use to improve organizational effectiveness.

Period of Performance: 365 days from contract award plus two option years

Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1