VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Sysem Transitional Housing using the General Harm Reduction Program Model of Care

This is not a solicitation announcement. This is a pre-solicitation notice only.



The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Department of Veterans Affairs, Greater Los Angles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 90073, has an immediate requirement for contract transitional housing using the General Harm Reduction Program (GHRP) model of care. The resulting contract will be for a base year and four (4) one-year option periods. Contract will begin on or about November 1, 2014.



The contract will be issued as an Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity contract, with Firm-Fixed-Price line items.



Multiple awards are possible. The following brief description of the requirement is provided:



2. The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Healthcare for Homeless Veterans program office, is seeking a contractor(s) with sufficient facilities to provide Transitional Housing Services for approximately 50 Veterans per day using the GHRP model of care. Veterans will require case management and 24 hour monitoring. Veterans may have mental health or physical problems, may suffer from substance abuse disorder, and may have had multiple treatment failures. Through the impending contract, the VA seeks to house veterans within the GHRP model with the intention of eventually placing eligible Veterans into affordable, permanent housing. Staffing and qualification requirements include:

a. Program Manager. There shall be one designated program manager who is overall responsible for contract administration and who will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The LCSW shall:



(1) Be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker

(2) Have a current, unrestricted license in good standing with the California Board of Behavioral Health.



(3) Have a current Basic Life Support certification

b. Case Managers. The case manager to Veteran staffing ratio will not exceed 1:15. Case managers must be accessible at minimum during regular business hours which are Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. Case managers shall:



(1) Hold a Master's Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or equivalent

(2) Have at least two years' experience providing case management services

(3) Have a current Basic Life Support certification









c. Paraprofessional or Direct Care (Monitors). The Monitor to Veteran staffing ratio will not exceed 1:15. Monitors shall be on site 24 hours per day, every day. Any time there is only one direct care monitor on duty on the premises, another direct care monitor shall be on call and capable of responding within 30 minutes. Monitors shall have at least one (1) year of experience working in a non-profit, for profit, government, or public social service environment.



3. All other requirements shall be detailed in the impending solicitation to be issued on or about September 18, 2014.

4. All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications. Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered and verified with the Vet-Biz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov .



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