Hchv avahcs- male and female contracted emergency residential services (CERS) beds, male low demand safe haven (LDSH) beds

This is a PRESOLICITATION notice. The Amarillo VA Health Care Systems (AVAHCS) intends to issue a solicitation for emergency residential placement and treatment services through the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The goal of the HCHV Contract Residential Care Program is to rapidly stabilize Veterans' medical, mental health, substance abuse and other psychosocial problems in order to place Veterans in other appropriate transitional or permanent housing within 60 to 90 days, but no more than 180 days. VA intends to engage a Contractor to provide rapid placement of VA referred Veterans in a safe, residential treatment setting while addressing Veterans' complex needs through on-site clinical treatment and case management services.



The ideal location would be near the Amarillo VA Health Care Center (Thomas E. Creek Medical Center), Amarillo Texas, in Randall or Potter County. If there are no acceptable locations near the Thomas E. Creek Medical Center, locations in the counties of Childress, Dallam, Lubbock County TX, or Curry County NM will be considered.



The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about August 24, 2015, with a closing date for proposals approximately 20 days later. The solicitation will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from that website, and no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide full information to contractors about the proposal submission process.



Prospective offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FBO website so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments.



The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 623220 with a small business size standard of $15 million. The solicitation will be issued for full and open competition.



Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application within SAM.



Point of Contact for this action is Mrs. L. Danielle Sepulveda, Lillian.Sepulveda@va.gov



Contractors shall not contact any other Government personnel regarding this notice. Contacting any Government personnel other than the individual designated above may result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and may result in a contractor being excluded from the competition and consideration for award.