On-site chair massage services for employees

Statement of Work

Massage Therapy

Background

Studies have shown that 15-20 minute chair massages at work can reduce employee stress, anxiety, and depression; relieve muscle pain and tension; decrease the duration and intensity of headaches; lower blood pressure; increase immune function; prevent repetitive stress injuries; and increase focus, energy, and mental clarity. The Jesse Brown Employee Wellness Program received a grant from the Employee Health and Well-being Program in 2016 to provide chair massage therapy to employees. This program has been well-received. Grant funds are again available to continue this program and are anticipated annually as part of the Comprehensive Wellness Award program, which has recognized Jesse Brown VAMC as a Gold level recipient.

Scope

The contractor shall provide on-site chair massage services to employees at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and its Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) and other off-site locations on a weekly basis for forty-two (42) weeks during the one-year period from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018.

Requirements/Tasks

One massage therapist on-site for an average of five (5) hours per day, one (1) day per week, for forty-two (42) weeks out of the contract year.

Contractor/Massage Therapist must bring massage chair and any other needed equipment and supplies, which may include music, aromatherapy supplies, disposable face cradle covers, and cleaning supplies.

Therapists must be licensed and insured and have submitted to a criminal background check.

Massages will be performed with client fully clothed.

Massages will be 15-20 minutes in duration.

The hours that services are performed may vary from week to week in order to make chair massage available to employees on all shifts.

Contractor must have at least two years experience providing corporate chair massage.

Place of Performance

Massages will be performed most weeks at our main facility, but occasional dates will be scheduled at off-site locations:

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (main facility): 820 S. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL

Harrison Pavilion: 2100 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL

Community Resource & Referral Center, 2750 W. Roosevelt, Chicago, IL

Lakeside Clinic: 211 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL

Auburn Gresham Clinic: 7731 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL

Chicago Heights Clinic: 30 E. 15th Street, Chicago Heights, IL

Adam Benjamin, Jr. Outpatient Clinic: 9301 Madison Street, Crown Point, IN

Point of Contact

The contractor will work with the Employee Wellness Coordinator to schedule dates and times and determine location at which services will be provided:

Shari Pollack, MPH, RDN, LDN

Employee Wellness Coordinator

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

820 S. Damen Ave.

Chicago, IL 60612

Shari.Pollack2@va.gov

312-569-5361

Performance Period

One year duration: September 1, 2017 August 31, 2018.

Type of Contract

Base year plus four (4) option years:

September 1, 2018 August 31, 2019

September 1, 2019 August 31, 2020

September 1, 2020 August 31, 2021

September 1, 2021 August 31, 2022

Security

The C&A requirements do not apply, and a Security Accreditation Package is not required.