Psychiatry Services J&A

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Healthcare System is seeking short-term psychiatric coverage through a sole-source contract awarded to Strength of Mind, a large business, to address an urgent staffing shortage within its Behavioral Medicine Service. The contract, identified by solicitation number 36C35926C0057, will provide two part-time Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and/or Physician Assistants to deliver face-to-face inpatient psychiatric rounding on weekends, weekdays as needed, and holidays from June 18, 2026, to October 31, 2026, at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The estimated total value is $116,010.65, with 513 hours of weekend and weekday rounding billed at $208.09 per hour and 32 holiday hours billed at $289.39 per hour. The acquisition is justified under FAR 12.201-1 and 41 U.S.C. § 1901 due to the immediate need for continuity of patient care, delays in the long-term procurement process, and the inability to conduct a competitive bid without jeopardizing service delivery. The contract is not subject to set-asides for small, service-disabled veteran-owned, or other socioeconomic categories, despite prior market research identifying numerous eligible vendors. Payment will be managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 19, based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, though specific invoicing procedures and remittance details are not provided. The Contracting Officer Claudia Coria signed the award on June 18, 2026, without a designated Contracting Officer’s Representative or technical oversight personnel identified. No formal evaluation factors, inspection criteria, performance metrics, or special contractual requirements such as security clearances or key personnel provisions were specified, and no clause language from the Federal Acquisition Regulation was included beyond references to applicable statutory and regulatory authorities supporting the sole-source award.