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This is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.
Services Required: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Lexington VA Medical Center requires After-Hours Psychiatry Services be provided via on-call care or on-site at the VA Medical Center when appropriate.
It is anticipated that it will take approximately 12-18 months to award a new long-term contract for these services. Due to the emergent need for services, a short-term emergency contract is being sought for award in the immediate future.
Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.
NAICS Code: 621112 and sized standard is $13.5 Million.
NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be registered and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry https://www.va.gov/osdbu/. Additionally, all Offerors responding to a solicitation must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of proposal submission.

Project requirements: Mental Health Care Services to Veteran patients at the Lexington VA Medical Center. Services will include after-hours on-call responses as well as some limited response to the VA Medical Center after-hours for patient care when appropriate.

Performance Work Statement: See attached for a DRAFT Performance Work Statement.Â
Anticipated Period of Performance: Period of performance is projected to be for a period of one (1) year but is subject to change.

SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTIONNAIRE
Company Name ___________________________________________

POC ___________________________________________

Phone Number ___________________________________________

Email Address ___________________________________________

UEI ___________________________________________

1. Is your firm considered a Small Business? The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is tentatively 621498; the small business size standard for this NAICS code is $25.5 Million.

A size standard, which is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts, represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for Small Business Administration and federal contracting programs. The definition of "small" varies by industry. Is your business considered any of the following?

[ ] yes [ ] no Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)**

[ ] yes [ ] no Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)**

[ ] yes [ ] no Historic Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZONE)

[ ] yes [ ] no Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

[ ] yes [ ] no Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)

[ ] yes [ ] no Small Business (SB)

**If you responded yes to SDVOSB or VOSB, submit a copy of your current Vendor Information Pages (VIP) Certificate.
2. Does your firm have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)?

[ ] yes [ ] no

3. Have you provided Outpatient Clinic Services under NAICS 621498 to a Federal Agency in the past? If so, please list experience.


4. In your opinion, what are the risks associated with this effort? Comment on any current or potential technical, cost, schedule, or performance risks that you would like to make the Government aware of that concern CBOC Services and/or this requirement.


5. Provide any additional feedback that you feel is relevant (i.e., problems or any other issues experienced with similar contracts).
Note: Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses.



Please e-mail your questionnaire response with the above information to Angela Freel (angela.freel@va.gov) with the subject line "Sources Sought Notice: Lexington VAMC Psychiatrist by 4:00pm CT on January 27, 2023.

Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published to the System for Award Management. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

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