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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 29, 2014 FBO #4508
DOCUMENT

Q -- Readjustment Counseling Services - Attachment

Notice Date

3/27/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

621112 — Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office;NCO 19;4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 900;Glendale CO 80246
 

ZIP Code

80246
 

Solicitation Number

VA25914I0357
 

Response Due

4/8/2014
 

Archive Date

4/23/2014
 

Point of Contact

Kathy Mannion
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The VA Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center is issuing this sources sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to provide readjustment counseling services to eligible veterans located within the following counties of the State of Colorado: Archuleta, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Conejos, with services in the city of Pagosa Springs. These services are performed for the Readjustment Counseling Services, Vet Center located at: 1515 Fortino, Suite 130, Pueblo, Colorado 81008. Contractor and Service providers shall be physically located in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Counseling shall be provided at contractor's facility. The counseling may include traditional psychotherapeutic modalities, but the purpose of psychotherapy (or any modality) must be, as a primary task, to address readjustment difficulties derived from military duties and the homecoming experience. Readjustment counseling, for purposes of this contract, is counseling provided by licensed mental health providers; clinical social workers, psychologist, or other qualified counselors that will provide services specifically directed at social, psychological, or behavioral difficulties explicitly related to the post-war readjustment to civilian life. Such difficulties may interfere with a veteran's job performance, education pursuits, family and other interpersonal relations, or overall ability to cope with daily life. This service does not include general mental health services, but only provides readjustment counseling for psychosocial difficulties related to post-war readjustment from military duty, for example: 1.Exposure to combat-related war trauma. 2.Exposure to other aspects of war zone stress. 3.Post-traumatic stress disorder (as defined by the current DSM) or other war-related social and psychological difficulties. 4.Stressors unique to military duty for eligible veterans. 5.Psychological concern over a possible service-connected condition. 6.Substance abuse connected with military duty and/or post-war homecoming and readjustment. 7.Difficult post-war experiences, including disrupted homecoming and unsuccessful re-entry into civilian roles. 8.Concern over possible Agent Orange, biological or chemical agent exposure or ramifications thereof. 9.Generalized alienation from society manifested by lack of expectable familial, educational or vocational activities. 10.Psychosocial difficulties related to type of military discharge for other than a dishonorable discharge. Services will include Individual Counseling Sessions (estimated 250 sessions per year), Group Sessions (estimated 50 per year) and Couples Sessions, (estimated 25 per year). These quantities are estimates only and are not guaranteed. The contractor shall provide one of the following licensed professionals to perform these services. Individual must be experienced and capable of providing all requested services. -Licensed Clinical Psychologist -Licensed Clinical Social Worker -Licensed Mental Health Professional -Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist -Licensed Professional Counselor If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1.) Organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2.) capability statement specific to all the services being requested, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to provide services, organization shall provide a two part capability statement. The first part shall include the key personnel and services the responding organization proposes to provide and the second part shall include the personnel and services subcontractor/partner will be providing. Organization shall also include past history /previous contracts awarded to provide this type of service. Previous history shall be provided for organization responding to this announcement not for subcontractor/partner. Please provide documentation of the size of your business. If you are classified as a small business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone small business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, and/or SBA 8(a) certified small business, please provide a capability statement in addition to other information for acquisition strategy determination. The results of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 621112 THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary/ the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain the potential market capacity. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 8, 2014 at 11:00 AM MST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to kathy.mannion@va.gov. All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. Any further information will be posted on www.fbo.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VARMCCC/VARMCCC/VA25914I0357/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA259-14-I-0357 VA259-14-I-0357.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1276539&FileName=VA259-14-I-0357-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1276539&FileName=VA259-14-I-0357-000.docx

 

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Record

SN03322526-W 20140329/140327235106-3b6eefffe07f4cc5ea221956831ed07a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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