VISN 15-Wide Nursing Home Open-Continuous Solicitation for Multiple Basic Ordering Agreements Combined Sources Sought and Request for Information

Added: Feb 12, 2016 12:25 pm 1. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (VISN 15), encompassing 7 VA Health Care Systems (8 VA Medical Centers) in -



- Marion, Illinois - serving Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana and Western Kentucky

- Poplar Bluff, Missouri - serving Southeastern and South Central Missouri and Northwest Arkansas

- St. Louis, Missouri - serving St. Louis Metropolitan Area and Eastern Missouri

- Columbia, Missouri - serving Central and Northern Missouri

- Kansas City, Missouri - serving Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Northwestern and Western Missouri, and portions of Southwest Kansas

- Eastern Kansas Health Care System - serving Eastern, Northeastern and Central Kansas

- Wichita, Kansas - serving Southern, Central, Northern and Western Kansas



2. Network Contracting Office 15 (NCO 15)intends to issue an Open and Continuous Solicitation for Community Nursing Home Services for an open period of tow (2) years to accept offers for nursing home services for the geographic areas listed above. The anticipated date of issue is on or about 1 April, 2016. The estimated closing date will be 2 calendar years from the issue date.



3. Previous Open and Continuous Solicitations have been issued for the same type of services. The current solicitation, VA255-14-R-0201, is expected to expire on 29 February, 2016, unless further extended.



4. NCO 15 is seeking responses by potentially interested offerors for provision of nursing home care services in the areas indicated in the attached maps of the VISN 15 service area (States and Counties).



Further -



NCO 15 is requesting feedback from potentially interested nursing home facilities (potential offerors) to indicate the nursing home facility resources in or near the areas specified in paragraph 4.



NCO 15 is requesting feedback from potentially interested potential offerors in areas not specifically listed, but within the VISN 15 coverage area identified in specified in paragraph 1.



NCO 15 requests identification of:



- Nursing Home Facility Name - City, County, State



- Indicate if currently, or previously provided services to a VA Medical Center



- Special Care Capabilities - e.g. Trach/Vent Weaning, Rehabilitation Capabilities, Behavioral, Alzheimer/Dementia Care, Secure Facility, etc.



- Capacities - Total and Typical Occupancy



- Socio-Economic Status of Offeror - e.g. 8(a) Certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Business, Woman or Women-Owned Business, Small or Large Business.



- Current Medicaid Reimbursement Rate, date of last Medicaid rate revision, frequency of revisions by your State Medicaid Authority/rate-setter.



- Private-Pay room and board rates, the previous rates and approximate date of last adjustment, frequency of adjustments.



- Indicate if a social worker is on staff, other staffing capabilities



- Current CMS/Medicaid Survey (rating, last survey date, re-inspection information, results) (summary only, not full documents)





If all information above is not provided, please provide, as a minimum:



- Nursing Home Facility Name - City, County, State



- Indicate if currently, or previously provided services to a VA Medical Center



- Special Care Capabilities - e.g. Trach/Vent Weaning, Rehabilitation Capabilities, Behavioral, Alzheimer/Dementia Care, Secure Facility, etc.



- Capacities - Total and Typical Occupancy



- Socio-Economic Status of Offeror - e.g. 8(a) Certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Business, Woman or Women-Owned Business, Small or Large Business.



- Current Medicaid Reimbursement Rate, date of last Medicaid rate revision, frequency of revisions by your State Medicaid Authority/rate-setter.



Contact: Michael Cumins, Contract Specialist, michael.cumins@va.gov , phone - 913-946-1110, fax - 913-946-1198. NCO 15, Medical Services Team, 3450 S. 4th St. Trafficway, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048

DISCLAIMER

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.

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Marion VA Medical Center, 2041 West Main, Marion, Illinois 62959 covers the following area.

Illinois Indiana





Kentucky

Marion Illinois VAMC is responsible for Illinois Counties including -

Alexander Clay Edwards Effingham Fayette Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jackson

Jefferson Johnson Lawrence Marion Massac Perry Pope Pulaski Randolph Richland

Saline Union Wabash Washington Wayne White Williamson

Marion Illinois VAMC is responsible for Indiana Counties including -

Daviess Gibson Knox Pike Posey Spencer Vanderburgh Warrick

Marion Illinois VAMC is responsible for Kentucky Counties including -

Ballard Caldwell Carlisle Crittenden Daviees Fulton Graves Henderson Hickman Hopkins

Livingston Lyon Marshall McCracken McLean Union Webster

See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.

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St. Louis, Missouri (2 locations), VA St. Louis Health Care System covers the following area.

1. Jefferson Barracks Division, #1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, MO 63125

2. John Cochran Division, 915 N. Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63106

Missouri Illinois



St. Louis Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including -

Crawford Franklin Jefferson Lincoln St Francois Ste. Genevieve St Charles St Louis St Louis City

Warren Washington

St. Louis Missouri VAMC is responsible for Illinois Counties including -

Bond Calhoun Clinton Jersey Macoupin Madison Monroe St Clair

See Map Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.

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Poplar Bluff, Missouri - John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 covers the following area.

Missouri





Arkansas

Poplar Bluff Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including -

Bollinger Butler Cape Girardeau Carter Douglas Dunkin Howell Iron

Madison Mississippi New Madrid Oregon Ozark Pemiscot Perry Reynolds

Ripley Scott Shannon Stoddard Wayne

Poplar Bluff Missouri VAMC is responsible for Arkansas Counties including -

Clay Fulton Greene Lawrence Randolph

See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.

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Columbia, Missouri - Harry S. Truman Memorial Hospital, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65201 covers the following area.

Missouri Illinois



Columbia Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including -

Adair Audrain Benton Boone Callaway Camden Chariton Cole Cooper Crawford

Dallas Dent Gasconade Hickory Howard Knox Laclede Lewis Linn Macon

Maries Marion Miller Moniteau Monroe Montgomery Morgan Osage Pettis Phelps

Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Ralls Randolph Saline Schuyler Scotland Shelby

Sullivan Texas Webster Wright

Columbia Missouri VAMC is also responsible for Illinois County of -

Pike

See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.

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Kansas City, Missouri - Kansas City VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64128 covers the following area.

Kansas Missouri



Kansas City Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including -

Barton Bates Caldwell Carroll Cass Cedar Clay Clinton Daviess Grundy

Henry Jackson Johnson Lafayette Livingston Ray St Clair Vernon

Kansas City Missouri VAMC is also responsible for Kansas Counties including -

Johnson Linn Miami

See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.

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VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System (2 locations) covers the following area.

1. Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center, 2200 SW Gage Boulevard, Topeka, KS 55511

2. Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, 4104 4th St Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048

Kansas Missouri



Eastern Kansas Health Care System VAMCs (Leavenworth and Topeka VAMCs) are responsible for Kansas Counties including -

Allen Anderson Atchison Bourbon Brown Chase Clay

Cloud Coffey Dickinson Doniphan Douglas Franklin Geary

Jackson Jefferson Leavenworth Lyon Marshall Morris Nemaha

Neosho Osage Pottawatomie Riley Shawnee Wabaunsee Woodson

Wyandotte

Eastern Kansas Health Care System VAMCs (Leavenworth and Topeka VAMCs) are responsible for Missouri Counties including -

Andrew Buchanan DeKalb Gentry Holt Nodaway Platte Worth

See Map Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.

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Wichita, Kansas - Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, 5500 E. Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas 67218 covers the following area.

Kansas



Wichita Kansas VAMC is responsible for Kansas Counties including -

Barber Barton Butler Chautauqua Clark Comanche Cowley Crawford

Decatur Edwards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Finney Ford Gove

Graham Grant Gray Greenwood Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman

Kearny Kingman Kiowa Labette Lane Lincoln Marion McPherson

Meade Mitchell Montgomery Morton Ness Ottawa Pawnee Pratt

Rawlins Reno Republic Rice Rooks Rush Russell Saline

Scott Sedgwick Seward Sheridan Stafford Stevens Sumner Thomas

Trego Wichita Wilson

See Map Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region.





Note: Maps above are approximations of Areas of Responsibility and may vary based on each VA Medical Center's defined service area. Offerors should contact the nearest VA Medical Center Representative for determination of the responsible VA Medical Center, or contact Network Contracting Office 15 for inquiry.