VISN 19 Homeless Shelter services

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: Request for Proposal VA-259-10-RP-0149. The Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 19 Rocky Mountain Network is soliciting proposals using full and open competition and commercial items procurement procedures from transitional housing (Homeless Shelter) providers to provide transitional housing services to eligible beneficiaries of the VA. VA anticipates multiple awards of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to satisfy this requirement. Services are sought for all counties under the jurisdiction of the VISN 19 Rocky Mountain Network to include all counties within the jurisdiction of the following medical centers; the Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO; VA Medical Center, Grand Junction, CO; the Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT; VA Montana Health Care System, Fort Harrison, MT; VA Medical Center, Sheridan, WY; and VA Medical Center, Cheyenne, WY. Contractors may provide care to patients in all or a specified geographical portion of the following states: Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, Wyoming, and Montana. Services will be in accordance with VA polices and procedures and the regulations of the medical staff bylaws of the VA facility for which service is provided. Services will be required for a base year with four one-year pre-priced options for renewal. Services will include; room and board, including at least three (3) nutritionally adequate meals a day, 7 days a week; laundry facilities for residents to do their own laundry or to have laundry done; therapeutic and rehabilitative services determined to be needed by the individual patient in a plan developed by the contractor with input from the patient and the VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) case manager. Contractor shall be required to address the following evaluation criteria, which must be submitted as part of their proposal: 1) Mission capability; 2) Past Performance; 3) Cost/price: A contract may be awarded with or without discussions resulting from the solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose proposal conforms to the solicitation that will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors as outlined in the solicitation considered. The NAICS code is 624221, Temporary Shelter with a small business size standard of $7.0 million. All other requirements will be included in the solicitation which shall be posted on or about June 2, 2010 at the FedBizOpps website https://www.fbo.gov. Solicitation number VA-259-10-RP-0149 has been assigned and shall be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement and solicitation. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR Part 4.11, prospective contractors are required to have an active registration in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and FAR Part 4.12, prospective contractors must complete electronic on line annual representations and certifications (ORCA) databases prior to award of a contract. Both can be accessed at the Business Partner Network (BPN) website at http://www.bpn.gov/. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is Mr. Terry Hannigan. Mr. Hannigan can be contacted via email at terance.hannigan@va.gov.