Q201--Hospitalist Physician Staffing Services Hudson Valley Healthcare System

This is a Sources Sought announcement only this is not a Request for Proposal or Quote. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified vendors with capabilities to perform Hospitalist and Urgent Care Physician Staffing Services at the Hudson Valley Healthcare System, consisting of the Montrose VA Medical Center and Castle Point VA Medical Center. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

The Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2, and the VAFLHCS anticipate the award of a firm fixed price contract approximately 4/1/2021 for the following services:

The Contractor shall schedule and provide 8,336 hours (4.0 FTE) of WHEN (weekend, holiday, evening, night) Hospitalist coverage between 2 VA facilities. Hospitalist shall be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine in order to perform physician services. Contractor will be responsible for providing a credentialed pool of candidates of no less than 10.0 FTE in order to fulfill the requirements in the performance work statement (PWS). Contract Hospitalists shall meet or exceed the American Board of Internal Medicine Guidelines http://www.abim.org.

In addition to providing suitable Hospitalists, contractor shall provide a contract Physician Director who is actively providing care at the Bath VA Medical Center and will be available to participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with committee participation as required by the VAMC Chief of Staff. The Physician Director will act as conduit between the Chief of Staff and all contract Hospitalists. The Contract Physician Director must be knowledgeable of VA processes, procedure and policy and have a minimum of 5-years recent experience working at a VA facility. It is anticipated that the Physician Director will be required to be on-site for 208 hours annually.

The appropriate North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561320 Temporary Help Services with a size standard of $30.0M.

Interested vendors are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.12 Representations and Certifications, prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications in conjunction with FAR 4.11 Systems for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract.

All Vendors (regardless of business size) interested in providing these services and can meet the requirement as written above, are asked to submit the following information:

Provide general information about your company:

Company Name

Company Address

DUNS Number

Company Point of Contact (POC)

Company POC Phone Number

Company POC Email

Company Website

How long has your company existed?

Identify your company s small business size standard and applicable NAICS code. For more information refer to: https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-size-standards

Large Business (LB) / Other (O)

Small Business (SB)

8(a)

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)

Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zone)

Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

Note: If claiming SDVOSB or VOSB, the firm shall be registered and CVE verified in the VetBiz Registry https://www.vetbiz.va.gov/ . Also include a copy of the VetBiz certification in your response.

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Does your company have the capabilities to provide physician staffing services? Demonstrate your capabilities by providing past performance information on contracts similar in size and scope to this requirement.

Contract Number

Government Agency

Description of Contract Requirement

Any Additional Information That Demonstrates Company Capabilities

A formal RFP may be issued based upon the findings of the information received pertaining to this Sources Sought announcement. If you are capable of meeting the requirements as detailed in this notice please send your response via email as a PDF attachment no later than (NLT) 4:00 PM EST on September 3, 2021 to Jeanette Crooks, Contracting Officer at Jeanette.Crooks@va.gov .