Q201--Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) Services in Armstrong County, Clarion County, and Cranberry Township in Pennsylvania

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 4 intends to issue a solicitation in the Summer of 2021 for the procurement of three (3) contractor owned and operated Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) for the Butler VA Medical Center to be located within Armstrong County, Cranberry Township, and Clarion County, Pennsylvania (one clinic in each of these three locations). Potential offerors will be required to demonstrate their total solution for establishment and operation of these CBOCs to include providing and building out space for a medical facility, staffing, and overseeing day to day operations of the CBOCs. The resultant medical care provided will be expected to be seamless in that a beneficiary cannot differentiate between the quality of care and services provided at a VA operated CBOC and the Contractor operated CBOC. The purpose of this special notice is to announce VA s requirement to potential Contractors so that they are aware of and begin to prepare for the forthcoming issuance of the solicitation.

Additionally, VA will be utilizing this special notice to collect Contractor data which will assist VA with market research and planning. Potential offerors are asked to submit their company s information to the Contract Specialist listed within this notice, to include the following:

Company Name

Address

Company Point of Contact to include email address and phone number

Company Size (Large, Small, Non-Profit)

Company Socio-Economic Status (Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, Woman Owned, etc)

Brief Capability Statement

Preferred method of submission is electronically through email.

Interested Contractors should submit this information to the Contract Specialist by 3:30 P.M. on Monday, June 7, 2021. Only the information listed above is required by this date. This announcement is not a request for a complete proposal.

It is noted that a Sources Sought Notice was posted in February 2019, prior to the Solicitations for several CBOCs within the local area, including the Butler VAMC CBOCs listed herein. However, as substantial time has passed, this Notice is being posted to ensure the most up-to-date market research is utilized for the upcoming Solicitation.

The type of work required may include, but is not limited to, any of the disciplines listed in sector 62 of the Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards for medical services. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this requirement is 621498 (All Other Outpatient Care Centers) and the size standard is $22 million. The corresponding Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 8011, classification code: Q201.

The preferred areas for these 3 CBOCs will be in Armstrong County, Cranberry Twp., and Clarion County, Pennsylvania. This special notice may be followed by subsequent special notices seeking additional information from industry. The issuance of pre-solicitation and solicitation notices for this procurement is anticipated to be released in the Summer of 2021.

Questions regarding this procurement from interested Contractors should be submitted in writing to Bethany Diaz, Contract Specialist; email: Bethany.Diaz@va.gov.