Behavioral Health

This Sources Sought is requesting responses to the following criteria that can provide the required services. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this requirement is 621999 is “All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services” with the corresponding size standard of $20.5 Million.

The South Dakota Army National Guard (SDARNG) is conducting market research and seeking potential Small Business sources to provide behavior health via telecommuincation for SDARNG service members and memeber of the military who are attending a school in the state.

Interested vendors shall make available access to Virtual Crisis Services which are comprised of remote mental health assessment services for use in crisis situations. The mental health assessment component of Virtual Crisis Services will be performed by either a Registered Nurse (RN), a Master Level Licensed Social Worker, an Advanced Practice Professional (NP/PA), or a physician psychiatrist. All providers will be licensed in the state of South Dakota. Provider will assist with de-escalation of the Service member, conduct a mental health assessment, provide safety means counseling and safety planning. If the Service member cannot de-escalate, the Contractor will ensure the Service member’s care is escalated to the appropriate next level of care, to potentially include, but not limited to, EMS and first responder activation and emergency department evaluation. 

Virtual Crisis Services will be available to all Soldiers of the SDARNG twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week. In addition this resource will be available to Soldiers of the National Guard while in orders/training status in South Dakota twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week. It can be anticpated this requirement will support 4,500 service memebers.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Vendors who wish to respond to these sources sought should send responses via email to: Tyler Pringle at tyler.j.pringle4.mil@army.mil and Corey Hooper at corey.s.hooper.civ@army.mil. 

Interested vendors shall submit a brief capabilities statement (5-pages max) demonstrating the ability to perform the required services. Submissions must include:

• Business name and address
• Name of company representative, their business title and email address
• Type of Business
• CAGE Code and UEI

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

• What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?
• What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the services?

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES/PROPOSALS. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the government. Responses in any form are not offers and the government is under no obligation to award a contract because of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary. Responses will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if any issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-Wide Point of Entry (GPE) at www.sam.gov. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement.