Psychiatry Services-Weekend/Holiday Onsite Coverage Louisville VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration is seeking onsite weekend and holiday psychiatry services at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The VA requires Board Certified or Board Eligible psychiatrist physicians to provide direct patient care including inpatient psychiatric admissions, diagnoses, treatment planning, discharge services, and outpatient evaluations for new and severely mentally ill patients. Qualified contractors must maintain current, unrestricted medical licenses in any U.S. state, current Board Certification or Board Eligibility from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, current BLS certification, and a valid DEA certificate. All physicians must complete extensive credentialing, privileging, and mandatory VA training requirements including infection control, HIPAA, EHR systems, ethics, suicide prevention, and disruptive behavior management training. The deadline for responding to the Sources Sought Notice is March 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM Central Time, and responses should be submitted to Contracting Specialist Rebecca Espinoza at Rebecca.Espinoza@va.gov at the VA Network Contracting Office 9 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

This procurement is classified under NAICS Code 621112 (Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists) with no set-aside designations, though small business concerns including Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, HUBZone, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, and Women Owned Small Businesses are encouraged to respond. The contract requires six qualified psychiatrists to provide weekend and holiday coverage from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time on Saturdays, Sundays, and all Federal holidays, totaling 0.5 FTE or 1,000 hours annually with approximately 95 percent direct patient care. A contract is currently in place for this service, though the incumbent contractor name is not disclosed in the pre-solicitation materials. The anticipated contract award timeline is 6 to 12 months, with a projected base period of one year and four one-year option periods subject to change. Responses to the Sources Sought Notice will inform the government's determination of the appropriate acquisition method and may lead to publication of a formal solicitation.