Q--Impaired Provider Services

This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to assess the commercial marketplace for provider/disruptive provider services for the VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System (VAPIHCS) credentialed and privileged medical staff within the State of Hawaii. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. The general service area covers the State of Hawaii (all islands). There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 624190 with Small Business size of $11 million. The Department of Veterans Affairs is contemplating a firm-fixed price contract with base year and four option years. A summary of the scope is as follows: CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SERVICE: A. Contractor shall assist Veterans Administration Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) in the review of health professionals deemed as having a possible impairment as defined in VAPIHCS Facility Policy Memorandum 11-13-009. B. Upon recommendation by VAPICHS, contractor shall communicate with the impaired provider in an effort to obtain voluntary entry into the monitoring program. If requested, contractor shall contact Regulated Industries Complaints Office and the appropriate state licensing board. Contractor shall notify VAPIHCS of any refusal of voluntary monitoring. C. Contractor shall refer impaired provider to appropriate independent healthcare professional or treatment program for initial evaluation, recommendations, and treatment. D. Contractor shall assist VAPIHCS in the review of health professionals deemed as displaying disruptive behavior as defined in VAPIHCS Facility Policy Memorandum 11-13-009 and potential enrollment in Behavioral Monitoring. E. Contractor shall, upon recommendation by VAPICHS that the health professional is a candidate for Behavioral Monitoring; contractor shall communicate with the disruptive provider in an effort to obtain voluntary entry into the behavioral monitoring program. If requested, contractor shall contact Regulated Industries Complaints Office and the appropriate state licensing board. Contractor shall notify VAPIHCS of any refusal of voluntary monitoring. F. Contractor shall refer disruptive provider to appropriate independent healthcare professional or treatment program for initial evaluation, recommendations, and treatment. G. Contractor shall maintain records relating to services provided in the form and manner as directed by VAPIHCS in accordance with VA policy. H. Contractor shall collaborate with VAPIHCS to develop a return-to-work agreement for the monitored healthcare professional. I. Contractor shall provide VAPIHCS two staff educational opportunities per contract year related to the health of healthcare professionals. J. Contractor shall provide services for all VAPIHCS Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals, who are fully licensed or otherwise granted authority to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States. If you are interested in performing these services for the VAPIHCS, please respond to the following questions: Do you provide monitoring services? Describe. Do you make contact with impaired providers directly? Describe. Do you coordinate the referral and management of providers through the care/treatment phase? Describe. Describe educational opportunities for the health of healthcare professionals provided by your company. Provide a reference in which you have performed similar services (in size and scope). If you are not located within the State of Hawaii, please describe how you intend to perform these services. Are you able to comply with Joint Commission requirement MS.11.01.01? Describe. Please note that your company must actually be able to perform these services. This is not a solicitation for brokerage services. Please provide the information to Angela Gerlitzki at contact@example.gov by 3:00 PM PST on March 16, 2017. If you are responding as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned Small Business, you must be CERTIFIED in VetBiz (see internet site: http://vip.vetbiz.gov). All Contractors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov). DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. 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). Responses will not be returned. No entitlements to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses, of the Government s use of such information or for the use of the information provided in the response. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on Federal Business opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.