Q--VISN-Wide Nursing Home Service Open-Continuous RFP - Multiple Requirements Combined Sources Sought and Request for Information

1. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (VISN 15), encompassing 7 VA Health Care Systems (8 VA Medical Centers) in - Marion, Illinois serving Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana and Western Kentucky - Poplar Bluff, Missouri serving Southeastern and South Central Missouri and Northwest Arkansas - St. Louis, Missouri serving St. Louis Metropolitan Area and Eastern Missouri - Columbia, Missouri serving Central and Northern Missouri - Kansas City, Missouri serving Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Northwestern and Western Missouri, and portions of Southwest Kansas - Eastern Kansas Health Care System serving Eastern, Northeastern and Central Kansas - Wichita, Kansas serving Southern, Central, Northern and Western Kansas 2. Network Contracting Office 15 (NCO 15) intends to issue an Open and Continuous Solicitation for Community Nursing Home Services for an open period of two (2) years to accept offers for nursing home services for the geographic areas listed above. The anticipated date of issue is on or about 1 January 2020. The estimated closing date will be 2 calendar years from the issue date. The anticipated solicitation will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) when available from that website, and no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide full information to contractors about the proposal submission process. Prospective offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FBO website so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. NAICS Code is 623110 with a small business size standard of $30M. All vendors must be registered in the System for Awards Management database (www.sam.gov) and have input Vet Biz information at (http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov) Registration in SAM is free and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the website and register as soon as possible to avoid delays should they be selected for a contract award. Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to the Contracting Officer using the e mail link provided. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted. Please email requests or questions to Angela.Freel@va.gov and Jason.Condiff@va.gov and ensure that the subject line includes SS-CNH NCO15. 3. Previous Open and Continuous Solicitations have been issued for the same type of services. The current solicitation, VA255-15-R-0850, is expected to expire on 31 December 2019. 4. NCO 15 is seeking responses by potentially interested offerors for provision of nursing home care services in the areas indicated in the attached maps of the VISN 15 service area (States and Counties). Further NCO 15 is requesting feedback from potentially interested nursing home facilities (potential offerors) to indicate the nursing home facility resources in or near the areas specified in paragraph 4. NCO 15 requests identification of: - Nursing Home Facility Name - City, County, State - Indicate if currently, or previously provided services to a VA Medical Center - Special Care Capabilities e.g. Trach/Vent Weaning, Rehabilitation Capabilities, Behavioral, Alzheimer/Dementia Care, Secure Facility, etc. - Capacities Total and Typical Occupancy - Socio-Economic Status of Offeror e.g. 8(a) Certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Business, Woman or Women-Owned Business, Small or Large Business. - Current Medicaid Reimbursement Rate, date of last Medicaid rate revision, frequency of revisions by your State Medicaid Authority/rate-setter. - Private-Pay room and board rates, the previous rates and approximate date of last adjustment, frequency of adjustments. - Indicate if a social worker is on staff, other staffing capabilities - Current CMS/Medicaid Survey (rating, last survey date, re-inspection information, results) (summary only, not full documents) If all information above is not provided, please provide, as a minimum: - Nursing Home Facility Name - City, County, State - Indicate if currently, or previously provided services to a VA Medical Center - Special Care Capabilities e.g. Trach/Vent Weaning, Rehabilitation Capabilities, Behavioral, Alzheimer/Dementia Care, Secure Facility, etc. - Capacities Total and Typical Occupancy - Socio-Economic Status of Offeror e.g. 8(a) Certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, Veteran-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Business, Woman or Women-Owned Business, Small or Large Business. - Current Medicaid Reimbursement Rate, date of last Medicaid rate revision, frequency of revisions by your State Medicaid Authority/rate-setter. Contact: Angela Freel, Contract Specialist, Angela.Freel@va.gov, phone 913-946-1110 or Jason Condiff, Contract Specialist, Jason.Condiff@va.gov , phone 913-946-1114, fax 913-946-1198. NCO 15, Healthcare Resources Team, 3450 S. 4th St. Trafficway, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048 DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Marion VA Medical Center, 2041 West Main, Marion, Illinois 62959 covers the following area. Illinois Indiana Kentucky Marion Illinois VAMC is responsible for Illinois Counties including Alexander Clay Edwards Effingham Fayette Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jackson Jefferson Johnson Lawrence Marion Massac Perry Pope Pulaski Randolph Richland Saline Union Wabash Washington Wayne White Williamson Marion Illinois VAMC is responsible for Indiana Counties including Daviess Gibson Knox Pike Posey Spencer Vanderburgh Warrick Marion Illinois VAMC is responsible for Kentucky Counties including Ballard Caldwell Carlisle Crittenden Daviees Fulton Graves Henderson Hickman Hopkins Livingston Lyon Marshall McCracken McLean Union Webster See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. St. Louis, Missouri (2 locations), VA St. Louis Health Care System covers the following area. 1. Jefferson Barracks Division, #1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, MO 63125 2. John Cochran Division, 915 N. Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63106 Missouri Illinois St. Louis Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including Crawford Franklin Jefferson Lincoln St Francois Ste. Genevieve St Charles St Louis St Louis City Warren Washington St. Louis Missouri VAMC is responsible for Illinois Counties including Bond Calhoun Clinton Jersey Macoupin Madison Monroe St Clair See Map Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. Poplar Bluff, Missouri - John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 covers the following area. Missouri Arkansas Poplar Bluff Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including Bollinger Butler Cape Girardeau Carter Douglas Dunkin Howell Iron Madison Mississippi New Madrid Oregon Ozark Pemiscot Perry Reynolds Ripley Scott Shannon Stoddard Wayne Poplar Bluff Missouri VAMC is responsible for Arkansas Counties including Clay Fulton Greene Lawrence Randolph See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. Columbia, Missouri - Harry S. Truman Memorial Hospital, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65201 covers the following area. Missouri Illinois Columbia Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including Adair Audrain Benton Boone Callaway Camden Chariton Cole Cooper Crawford Dallas Dent Gasconade Hickory Howard Knox Laclede Lewis Linn Macon Maries Marion Miller Moniteau Monroe Montgomery Morgan Osage Pettis Phelps Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Ralls Randolph Saline Schuyler Scotland Shelby Sullivan Texas Webster Wright Columbia Missouri VAMC is also responsible for Illinois County of Pike See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. Kansas City, Missouri - Kansas City VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64128 covers the following area. Kansas Missouri Kansas City Missouri VAMC is responsible for Missouri Counties including Barton Bates Caldwell Carroll Cass Cedar Clay Clinton Daviess Grundy Henry Jackson Johnson Lafayette Livingston Ray St Clair Vernon Kansas City Missouri VAMC is also responsible for Kansas Counties including Johnson Linn Miami See Maps Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System (2 locations) covers the following area. 1. Colmery-O Neil VA Medical Center, 2200 SW Gage Boulevard, Topeka, KS 55511 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, 4104 4th St Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048 Kansas Missouri Eastern Kansas Health Care System VAMCs (Leavenworth and Topeka VAMCs) are responsible for Kansas Counties including Allen Anderson Atchison Bourbon Brown Chase Clay Cloud Coffey Dickinson Doniphan Douglas Franklin Geary Jackson Jefferson Leavenworth Lyon Marshall Morris Nemaha Neosho Osage Pottawatomie Riley Shawnee Wabaunsee Woodson Wyandotte Eastern Kansas Health Care System VAMCs (Leavenworth and Topeka VAMCs) are responsible for Missouri Counties including Andrew Buchanan DeKalb Gentry Holt Nodaway Platte Worth See Map Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. Wichita, Kansas - Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, 5500 E. Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas 67218 covers the following area. Kansas Wichita Kansas VAMC is responsible for Kansas Counties including Barber Barton Butler Chautauqua Clark Comanche Cowley Crawford Decatur Edwards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Finney Ford Gove Graham Grant Gray Greenwood Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman Kearny Kingman Kiowa Labette Lane Lincoln Marion McPherson Meade Mitchell Montgomery Morton Ness Ottawa Pawnee Pratt Rawlins Reno Republic Rice Rooks Rush Russell Saline Scott Sedgwick Seward Sheridan Stafford Stevens Sumner Thomas Trego Wichita Wilson See Map Above. Blacked-out counties are not covered by this VAMC Region. Note: Maps above are approximations of Areas of Responsibility and may vary based on each VA Medical Center s defined service area. Offerors should contact the nearest VA Medical Center Representative for determination of the responsible VA Medical Center, or contact Network Contracting Office 15 for inquiry. VA Health Care System 657 VA St. Louis Health Care System 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive - Saint Louis, MO 63125 MO 314-652-4100 - 657 VA St. Louis Health Care System - John Cochran Division 915 North Grand Blvd. - Saint Louis, MO 63106 MO 314-652-4100 - VA Medical Center 589A4 Harry S. Truman Memorial 800 Hospital Drive - Columbia, MO 65201-5297 MO 573-814-6000 Or 573-814-6000 - 657A4 John J. Pershing VA Medical Center 1500 N. Westwood Blvd. - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 MO 573-686-4151 Or 573-686-4151 - 589 Kansas City VA Medical Center 4801 Linwood Boulevard - Kansas City, MO 64128 MO 816-861-4700 - 657A5 Marion VA Medical Center 2401 West Main Street - Marion, IL 62959 IL 618-997-5311 Or 618-997-5311 - 589A7 Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center 5500 E. Kellogg - Wichita, KS 67218 KS 316-685-2221 Or 316-685-2221 - 589A5 VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System - Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center 2200 SW Gage Boulevard - Topeka, KS 66622 KS 785-350-3111 Or 785-350-3111 - 589A6 VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System - Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center 4101 S. 4th Street - Leavenworth, KS 66048-5055 KS 913-682-2000 Or 913-682-2000