SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- VA Patient Food Safety and Defense - Closing the Gaps
- Notice Date
- 8/24/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;James J. Peters VA Medical Center;130 West Kingsbridge Road;Bronx NY 10468-3904
- ZIP Code
- 10468-3904
- Solicitation Number
- VA24310RQ0549
- Response Due
- 8/31/2010
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Myrmetrius Pringle
- E-Mail Address
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 3), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx New York, Network Acquisitions and Logistics program is currently seeking firms, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Hubzone, 8(A) OR Small Business with the ability to: a.Design and implement national food safety and defense training programs. This would include all new policies and procedures, templates and checklists as well as review of existing ones. Within the approximately 150 VA Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) operations there are several different types of food service operations. Training should emphasize the following vulnerabilities and gaps including recall procedures, bioterrorism preparedness, CARVER+Shock Analysis for self-assessments. Training format could be in the form of regional meetings, teleconference or webinar. Target audience includes Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) Chiefs, NFS Supervisors and possibly front-line workers such as cooks and food service workers. b.Develop new food safety and defense templates to incorporate into VISN and facility operational policies and procedures and reduce variances within the VISNs and facilities. c.Develop model templates for local contracts to increase VISN and local controls of food safety and defense. Firms desiring consideration shall email directly to the Contracting Officer referencing the following in the subject field, "VA Patient Food Safety & Defense VA-243-10-RQ-0549". Email should include: Name of firm, DUNS Number, Socio-Economic category of the firm (SDVOSB, VOSB, 8A, HUBZONE or SMALL BUSINESS), complete address, phone & fax number of contact. Responses must include information about your company, prior experience and indicate if you have prior experience with VA hospitals, and a service capability statement. Provide a minimum of three "REFERENCES" for same or similar services. All emails from interested parties must be received by 11:00 AM, August 31, 2010. Email address is as follows: myrmetrius.pringle@va.gov or by fax (845) 838-5228. This is a market survey for informational and planning purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Please be advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under this announcement.
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