R408--OCAMS - Activation Program Support

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE:

INTRODUCTION:

This Notice of Intent is not a request for quotes or proposals. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted.

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to award a single award contract on a sole source basis with Craddock Group, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), to provide activation program support services for the VA Office of Capital Asset Management Services (OCAMS) Activation Office.

The Strategic Capital Investment Planning (SCIP) process is the basis for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current and out-year capital budget requests. The SCIP process includes development of 10-Year action plans and budget year business cases to close performance gaps (space, utilization, facility condition, access, etc.) and enhance healthcare and delivery of services and benefits to the nation s Veterans.

REQUIREMENT:

The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS). The contractor shall be responsible for the following services: providing ongoing support to develop reports, updating project changes to the estimate, and/or presentations as needed by project, VISN or VHA for the term of this contract, providing on-going support to OCAMS and VISNs in maintaining and updating the database data/information to support an effective activation funding process, which will help ensure the tool is being evaluated with current data and information. Also, providing an initial update to the previous estimates, historical activation funding executed per project, and providing information to VHA, providing a mid-year update to assist VHA in providing the most accurate data to VHA finance for funding requests; validating that the initial update is still accurate based on the midyear project changes. The estimates should provide all required documentation to respond to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congressional requests for information regarding activation costs.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

The VHA, PCAC intends on awarding this contract pursuant to the authority of 41 USC §3304(a)(5) and 38 U.S. Code § 8127(c) (Also known as the Veterans First Contracting Program), as implemented by FAR 6.302-5 and VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) subpart 819.70, which provides the authority to not utilize full and open competition procedures and contracting directly with a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business or a Veteran-Owned Small Business concern. It is anticipated that a single award, firm-fixed-price contract will be awarded in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 13. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a small business size Standard of $21.5 million.

Pursuant to VAAR 819.7007 (b) The contracting officer s determination to make a sole source award is a business decision wholly within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. The preferred method of communication is via email.

DISCLAIMER:

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in responses to this notice. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Government will not pay for information provided in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for market research purposes. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.