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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 19, 2014 FBO #4529
DOCUMENT

Q -- VISN Home Oxygen Delivery Services - Attachment

Notice Date

4/17/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

621610 — Home Health Care Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15;3450 S 4th Street;Leavenworth KS 66048
 

ZIP Code

66048
 

Solicitation Number

VA25514R0874
 

Response Due

4/28/2014
 

Archive Date

5/18/2014
 

Point of Contact

Arnold Payne
 

E-Mail Address

6-1969<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

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. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR QUOTE. THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IS NOT SEEKING PRICING OR OFFERS OF ANY KIND. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification (hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantage, service disabled veteran owned small business or large business) relative to NAICS Code 621610 (size standard of $14.0 Million). Reponses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested offerors should respond to this notice. The objective of this acquisition is to furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, training, and supplies to provide Home Oxygen delivery services. VISN 15 has approximately 4,454 beneficiaries on home oxygen and 10 patients on ventilators as of January 2014. The total number of patients fluctuates each month due to patients being added/removed from the program. Records show that the overall number of patients on home oxygen has increased 25% from January 2009 (3576) to January 2014 (4,454). The contract shall be for the actual requirements of the VA as ordered by the VA during the life of the contract. The Contracting Officers Representative (COR) or designee will provide the contractor with notification including date and place of delivery to initiate individual beneficiary supply and service requirements, including the beneficiary's oxygen prescription, equipment, supplies and training services for veteran beneficiaries. All services shall be performed in the veteran's place of residence. The area of service shall be all patients serviced by VISN 15, including catchment areas, regardless of where Patient resides. The equipment needs are subject to change as determined by the prescribing physician. Contractors shall have a facility or resources physically located in the geographic area in which they shall provide service. Non-territory requests shall be required from time to time and the Contractor shall accept these "non-territory" veterans at that Contractor's awarded price. VA reserves the right to assign these Patients to any contractor. The geographical boundaries described herein have been determined as the areas of responsibility/jurisdiction for each local VA Medical Center (see VISN 15 Facilities and Counties covered attached: Kansas City VA Medical Center (VAMC) 801 Linwood Blvd Kansas City, MO 641 28Harry S. Truman Memorial VAMC 800 Hospital Drive Columbia, MO 65201 Colmery-O'Neil VAMC 2200 SW Gage Blvd Topeka, KS 66622Dwight D Eisenhower VAMC 4101 South 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth, KS 66048 John J. Pershing VAMC 1500 N. Westwood Blvd Poplar Bluff, MO 63901Marion VAMC 2401 West Main Street Marion, IL 62959-1194 Robert J. Doyle VAMC 5500 East Kellogg Wichita, Ks. 67218Evansville Outpatient Clinic 6211 Waterford Boulevard Evansville IN 47715 St Louis VAMC - John Cochran 915 North Grand Blvd. St. Louis. MO 63106St. Louis VAMC - Jefferson Barracks 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive St Louis, MO 63129 *The intended contract period will be for a Base Year and four Option years. Summary of Respiratory Related Equipment/Services and Delivery, Instruct and Retrieval to be solicited: The Contractor shall provide ongoing delivery, set-up and education and follow-up to 4200 existing and all ongoing new patient set ups for rental oxygen systems and respiratory related equipment and supplies. This includes storage and maintenance of all high-pressure cylinders, concentrators, oxygen refill systems, ventilators, emergency back-up systems and supplies to eligible VA beneficiaries in their place of residence as required by the hospital systems. The contractor should also have the ability to arrange travel for veterans outside of the service area, in coordination with other vendors at the point of destination. It is recommended that the Contractor will have one Full Time Respiratory Therapists per VA site to provide ongoing delivery, set-up, education and follow-up of equipment and supplies to patients. They will also provide all follow-up visits for new oxygen set ups and triage and provide service and follow-up to our high risk patient population. The therapist will also serve as the primary point of contact for clinical questions, care coordination, and expediting travel that arise from time to time and will provide support for the local VA Prosthetics Home Respiratory Coordinator. Services provided shall be all inclusive of delivery/set-up of equipment, in-service and ongoing training for beneficiaries/ care providers to include patient education, periodic safety inspections and Preventive Maintenance Inspection (PMI) service appointments to provide safety and ongoing equipment education every 6 months for all oxygen recipients with 100% compliance to these visits mandated. All new set ups or orders to the vendor to provide service and/or equipment shall be provided per prescription within the geographic location specified in the solicitation. This will include, but not limited to: hospitals, veteran's residence, or in a nursing home where the veteran resides. The Prosthetics service/Home Respiratory Coordinators specifically authorized in the contract (hereafter authorized personnel), will notify the Contractor, via fax, verbally or email (if applicable) to initiate service; the beneficiary's oxygen prescription, the equipment, supplies and services to be provided, including date and place of delivery. Responses to this RFI should be emailed to arnold.payne not later than 12:00 noon CST, on April 28, 2014. Please include "VISN 15 HOME OXYGEN" in the subject line of all correspondence Response to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to the following questions: (1) Is your business large or small? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantaged business? (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and if you firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? (4) Is your firm certified "Hub zone" firm? (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small or veteran owned small business? (7) Is your business currently enrolled in the CCR (Central Contractor Registry) System for Award Management (SAM)? If not, please go to: https:// http://www.sam.gov to do so for consideration. Contracting Office Address: Network 15 Contracting Office Attention: Arnold Payne 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth, KS 66048 8. Point of Contact: Arnold Payne arnold.payne@va.gov
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/LeVAMC/VAMCKS/VA25514R0874/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA255-14-R-0874 VA255-14-R-0874_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1313908&FileName=VA255-14-R-0874-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1313908&FileName=VA255-14-R-0874-000.docx

 

File Name: VA255-14-R-0874 HOME OXYGEN ESTIMATED QTY RFI SCHEDULE.xlsx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1313909&FileName=VA255-14-R-0874-001.xlsx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1313909&FileName=VA255-14-R-0874-001.xlsx

 

File Name: VA255-14-R-0874 COUNTIES.xls (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1313910&FileName=VA255-14-R-0874-002.xls)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1313910&FileName=VA255-14-R-0874-002.xls

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Various locations in the VISN 15 Netwrork

Zip Code: 66048
 

Record

SN03341694-W 20140419/140417235151-b5a67150e84ca3d0881382f1d2bace75 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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