Q403--MDE On-Ramp Regions 1-4

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THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation for bids, proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations.

This is a pre-solicitation notice to inform potential offerors of the VA s intent to on-ramp additional vendors to the Medical Disability Examination (MDE) Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quality (IDIQ) contract.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) administers the Compensation & Pension (C&P) Program for benefits to Veterans, Service Members, their dependents, and their survivors. On October 9, 1996, Congress enacted Public Law 104-275 which authorized VA to contract for medical examinations (a critical piece of evidence for determining the extent of permanent impairment) from non-VA medical sources. This future effort is anticipated to result in contract(s) with Prime Contractors to provide disability examination services.

VA has a critical requirement for Prime Contractors with deep and relevant institutional/corporate experience and knowledge to provide disability examination services for Claimants through hiring and/or subcontracting with, training, and overseeing a skilled network of licensed Examiners. Additionally, the Prime Contractor(s) shall provide deep and relevant / institutional/corporate experience and knowledge in the development and maintenance of an information technology (IT) network capable of interfacing with various VA systems in order to process incoming examination scheduling requests and to transmit examination results and other data back into the VA s systems.

This contract requires private-sector Medical Disability Examinations (MDEs) on behalf of VA. The Contractor shall locate, subcontract, and train medical professionals in performing MDEs for Claimants in one or more of four geographic Regions.

It is the Government s intention to award one (1) new contract in Region 4; however, the Government reserves the right to make more or less awards, in any Region if determined to be in the Government s interest. The Regions are outlined below:

MDE REGIONS 1-4

Region 1 (Northeast)

To include Claimants who reside in the jurisdictions of regional offices within the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Disability claims for this region are, primarily, serviced out of the following VA Regional Offices, although other VA Regional Offices may administer the claim or appeal according to VA s National Work Queue program:

Hartford, CT

Chicago, IL

Wilmington, DE

Boston, MA

Indianapolis, IN

Togus, ME

Detroit, MI

Manchester, NH

Newark, NJ

Buffalo, NY

New York, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

Providence, RI

Cleveland, OH

White River Junction, VT

St. Louis, MO

Region 2 (Southeast)

To include Claimants who reside in the jurisdictions of regional offices within the states of Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Disability claims for this region are, primarily, serviced out of the following VA Regional Offices, although other VA Regional Offices may administer the claim or appeal according to VA s National Work Queue program:

Washington, DC

Montgomery, AL

Little Rock, AR

St. Petersburg, FL

Atlanta, GA

Louisville, KY

New Orleans, LA

Baltimore, MD

Jackson, MS

Winston-Salem, NC

Columbia, SC

Nashville, TN

Roanoke, VA

Huntington, WV

Region 3 (Midwest)

To include Claimants who reside in the jurisdictions of regional offices within the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Disability claims for this region are, primarily, serviced out of the following VA Regional Offices, although other VA Regional Offices may administer the claim or appeal according to VA s National Work Queue program:

Denver, CO

Wichita, KS

Des Moines, IA

St. Paul, MN

Lincoln, NE

Muskogee, OK

Fargo, ND

Sioux Falls, SD

Waco, TX

Houston, TX

Milwaukee, WI

Cheyenne, WY

Region 4 (Pacific)

To include Claimants who reside in the jurisdictions of regional offices within the states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Disability claims for this region are, primarily, serviced out of the following VA Regional Offices, although other VA Regional Offices may administer the claim or appeal according to VA s National Work Queue program:

Oakland, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Phoenix, AZ

Seattle, WA

Boise, ID

Reno, NV

Portland, OR

San Diego, CA

Honolulu, HI

Anchorage, AK

Salt Lake City, UT

Albuquerque, NM

Ft. Harrison, MT

This Pre-Solicitation Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. The Government will treat any information received as proprietary and will not share such information with other companies. Any organization responding to this Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation as a result of this announcement. There is no solicitation available at this time.

Please continue to monitor SAM.gov for the official solicitation.