DA01--Patient Observation Rounding System

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through Network Contract Office 19, is soliciting a proximity-required Patient Observation Rounding System under solicitation 36C25926Q0825. This system is designed to support clinical staff in in-patient hospital settings, including acute care, emergency departments, behavioral health, recovery, residential, skilled nursing, and long-term care facilities, to ensure the proper completion of patient safety checks. The contract is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 513210, with the place of performance located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The contractor must adhere to stringent information security and privacy requirements as outlined in VA Handbook 6500.6 and FAR 852.273-75. Key obligations include compliance with FISMA, FIPS, and NIST standards, conducting annual self-assessments, and submitting to on-site inspections of IT resources. Personnel must undergo background investigations per VA Directive 0710, obtain necessary security clearances, and complete annual cyber security and privacy training. Additionally, the contractor must ensure that custom software development and outsourced operations remain within the U.S. to the maximum extent practical and follow strict media sanitization and disposal protocols upon contract termination. Labor rates for the project are governed by Wage Determination 2015-5489 for Salt Lake and Tooele counties.