Accreditation Council for Graduate Medicine Accreditation Services

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify resources and capability to assist the DHA Deputy Assistant Director for Medical Affairs (DAD MA) in continuing to ensure annual renewal of application and accreditation fees for specialty-/subspecialty-specific Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs of the Military Departments. This renewal is required for accredited DoD residency and fellowship programs to remain compliant with ACGME Institutional Requirements. This notice is being issued largely pro forma to ensure compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii). ACGME is the only known accreditation body for GME. Description: The DoD must ensure that each of its ACGME-accredited programs is in substantial compliance with the ACGME Institutional, Common, specialty-/subspecialty-specific Program and Recognition Requirements, as well as with ACGME Policies and Procedures. Section 749 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) established and implemented a process to provide oversight of the GME programs of the Military Departments. The ACGME's accreditation model and processes ensure and improve the quality of graduate medical education in the United States. This in turn assures the public that today's residents and fellows are learning and training in a setting that is preparing them to deliver safe, high-quality medical care today and in their future practice. The ACGME Common Program Requirements are a basic set of standards (requirements) in training and preparing resident and fellow physicians. These requirements set the context within clinical learning environments for development of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to take personal responsibility for the individual care of patients. In addition, they facilitate an environment where residents and fellows can interact with patients under the guidance and supervision of qualified faculty members who give value, context, and meaning to those interactions. There is NO solicitation at this time. This request for capability information does NOT constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP). Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any information or costs incurred. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. Respond to Sources Sought topics: - Describe your organization's capabilities to accredit in compliance with Section 749 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328), which established and implemented a process to provide oversight of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs of the Military Departments. - Describe your organization's ability to verify compliance with, and to accredit, based upon ACGME Common Program Requirements. These ACGME Common Program Requirements are a basic set of standards (requirements) in training and preparing resident and fellow physicians. These requirements set the context within clinical learning environments for development of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to take personal responsibility for the individual care of patients. - Describe your organization's capability to accredit DoD residency and fellowship programs such that they remain compliant with ACGME Institutional, Common, specialty-/subspecialty-specific Program and Recognition Requirements, as well as with ACGME Policies and Procedures. Instruction for Submission of Response: Points of contact for this notice are: - Cherish Young, cherish.d.young.civ@health.mil - Despina Woltman, despina.a.woltman.civ@health.mil The agency requests responses by 26 October 2024, submitted by email to the points of contact, above. The agency will review all responses received on or before this date. The agency may review late responses where such review is in the agency's interest but makes no commitment to do so. The Subject line of the email must read (Type Here Business Name) - Response to Sources Sought (HT0011-25-RFI-0000): DHA Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Annual Support. The agency requests responses of 5 pages, or less. The agency may not review excess pages, or other attachments and addenda to the response. In the context of the anticipated tasks, please address the following requests for information. Responses must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence of capabilities or credible intent to achieve capabilities. 1. Provide: - Company Name - Address - Point of Contact (POC) - POC Phone Number - POC E-mail - Entity Unique Identifier - Size representation under the NAICS code at the top of this notice Socioeconomic Designation (if applicable) Disclaimer: This RFI is not a RFP and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals nor will any award be made as a result of this synopsis. All information contained in the RFI is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.215-3, - Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes, is incorporated by reference in this RFI. The Government does not intend to pay for information received in response to this RFI. Responders to this invitation are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. This RFI will be the basis for collecting information on capabilities available. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received in this RFI that is marked - Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.