Q519--Readjustment Counseling Service - Victoria 703

Readjustment Counseling Service Victoria, TX - Please see below This is a Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources, small and other than small businesses, to perform a potential requirement. Respondents are required to be registered and in good standing in The System for Award Management (SAM) https://sam.gov/content/home Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. NAICS code: 621330 and the size standard is $9.M. NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be certified in US Small Business Administration s VetCert System, https://veterans.certify.sba.gov Project Requirements: The contractor shall provide individual, group, and/or couple and family readjustment counseling therapy sessions for Veterans deemed qualified and referred by the Vet Centers in Corpus Christi, Texas. Services shall be provided by either of the following licensed professionals: Psychiatrist, PhD. Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. The contractor shall provide counseling services only. These services do not include prescribing medication. Place of Performance: Services shall be provided off site at the Contractor s location. Anticipated period of performance: Base plus two (2) one-year options. Base: October 01, 2023 - September 30, 2024 Option Year One: October 01, 2024 - September 30, 2025 Option Year Two: October 01, 2025 - September 30, 2026 Information sought: Response to this announcement shall not exceed 10 pages and should include the following information: (1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm s ability to provide the services required in the Statement of work. The firm must include all certifications, qualifications, and training certificates to perform work on the outlined in the Performance Work Statement. (2) Each capability statement submittal shall also include the following business information: a. Organization Name b. Organization Address c. Organization UEI Number d. Point of Contact (including name, title, addresses, telephone number, fax number and Email address) e. Business size under NAICS 621330 f. Socio-economic status (IF SDVOSB or VOSB - provide SDVOSB or VOSB CVE verification) (3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. All information must be received no later than May 16, 2023 by 2:00pm CT Email information to: Carlos Jaquez, Contracting Officer, contact@example.gov Carolyn Reneau, Contract Specialist, contact@example.gov Subject line "Sources Sought, 36C25723Q0757 Readjustment Counseling Services Victoria/your company name" Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or returned. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. 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). Synopsis SERVICES REQUIRED. Under the authority of Public Law 104-262, 38 U.S.C. 8153 and VAAR Part 873, the Contractor agrees to provide Health Care Resources in accordance with the terms and conditions stated herein, to the Texas Valley Coastal Bend VA Health Care System, hereafter referred to as TVCBVAHCS. The Contractor shall provide qualified Licensed Clinical Mental Health Provider (hereafter called contract service provider), administrative personnel and services, facilities, and equipment as necessary to provide Readjustment Counseling Services (RCS) required to assist all eligible Veterans and/or their families located in the Victoria, Texas area and surrounding counties. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. Services will be provided in Contractor-provided facility. Facility must be located within 50 miles of the Center of Victoria, Texas and must be appropriate for providing readjustment counseling services in a relatively unstructured, client-oriented, and safe setting. Eligibility for readjustment counseling services is limited to war zone Veterans who have been discharged under honorable conditions. Individuals with an other-than-honorable but more-than-dishonorable discharge may also be eligible as determined by the VA (see 38 CFR, Section 3.12). Veterans possessing a Dishonorable Discharge are not eligible for services provided under this program. RCS contract programs are designed to improve rural Veterans access to counseling for military-related social and psychological readjustment problems. At each Vet Center, the Director (VCD) is normally appointed as the contracting officer s representative (COR). Contract administration is the responsibility of the VCD and includes authorizing client referrals and number of treatment modalities and performing verifications that Veterans received services as invoiced. License and Certification. Contract service providers providing counseling services shall be licensed in accordance with all Federal, State, and/or local requirements and certification(s) applicable to the performance of this type of counseling services. This license/certification must be maintained throughout the course of the contract. Contractor shall provide official verification of credentials from the educational institution awarding the professional degree for each of its contract service providers upon request of the Contracting Officer or COR. The Contractor shall assign to this contract the following key personnel: Psychiatrist, PhD Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist READJUSTMENT COUNSELING. Contract readjustment counseling includes the same mix of social and psychological services as provided at Vet Centers, with the exception of community outreach. The purpose of the contracts program, as intended by Congress and implemented by VA, is for the provision of readjustment counseling and not for general mental health services and does not include the prescription of medication. Contract readjustment counseling may include social services and/or psychotherapy, but the services provided must address readjustment difficulties deriving from military duties and/or homecoming experiences. The provision of services for problems not having a clear and distinct relationship to military duty and readjustment to civilian life from military duty, is not authorized. Contractor will not be required to provide general mental health services, but only readjustment counseling for the problems that bear a distinct and crucial relation to readjustment from military duty, for example: Psychosocial problems related to exposure to war trauma. Other aspects of duty in the Southeast Asia combat zone, or other zones previously cited. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Stresses unique to military duty during conflicts. Psychological concern over a possible service-connected condition. Psychosocial problems related to substance abuse clinically associated with military duty or post-military readjustment. Post-combat zone experiences to include homecoming and re-entry experiences. Post-military discharge environmental stressors exacerbating the effects of military duty stressors. Psychological concern over possible exposure to chemical and/or biological agents in the warzone. Generalized alienation from society manifested by interruption of normal readjustment processes. Psychosocial problems about type of military discharge other than dishonorable. Financial difficulties created by the loss of income as a result of active duty service. Difficulties created by the reversal of roles within the marriage as a result of the active duty service of one or both member of the marital couple. Psychological stress upon the marriage created due to the disability incurred by one of the marital partners as a result of the active duty service. The provision of medications and physical examinations are not a component of readjustment counseling, and therefore, will not be provided under this contract mechanism.