G099--San Francisco Low Demand Safe Haven Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 is conducting market research to identify potential vendors to provide Low Demand Safe Haven (LDSH) emergency residential services for chronically homeless veterans in San Francisco. The contractor must deliver 24-hour staffed short-term residential accommodations targeting hard-to-reach, chronically homeless veterans with mental illness and/or substance use disorders who have been unsuccessful in traditional treatment programs. Key requirements include maintaining a minimum 80% occupancy rate (90-100% preferred) for up to 22 veterans, providing wraparound case management focused on permanent housing placement, offering three nutritious meals daily, implementing evidence-based therapeutic services utilizing motivational interviewing and harm reduction strategies, maintaining strict facility and fire safety standards, and complying with Service Contract Act requirements. The Government is specifically seeking Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), and other small businesses, with vendors required to register in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and comply with the Small Business Administration's 50 percent personnel cost requirement. The sources sought synopsis response deadline is May 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time, with responses directed to Contract Specialist Emily Trinh at Emily.Trinh@va.gov.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations beyond the stated preference for veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. The contract period of performance is five years, consisting of one 12-month Base Year and four additional 12-month Ordering Periods, with an intended start date of approximately March 1, 2027, and place of performance in San Francisco, California. The Government is requesting estimate pricing based on 8,052 daily bed units, calculated at 22 beds per day for 366 days in the first year, though this pricing request is explicitly for market research purposes only and does not constitute a binding quote request. Key staffing requirements include a Program Manager with clinical credentials, case managers at a recommended ratio of 1:10, and all staff must receive training in motivational interviewing, harm reduction, crisis management, de-escalation techniques, and preferably CPR/First Aid and naloxone overdose prevention. No incumbent contractor information or specific award value is disclosed in this sources sought notice, and the Government has emphasized that this notice does not constitute a commitment to issue a solicitation or award a contract.