Q999--Equine Therapy

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 to perform a potential requirement. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NCO 9 Network Contracting Office, on behalf of the Louisville VA Medical Center is conducting market research through this source sought notice to seek sources to identify potential experienced businesses that are capable of meeting the requirements per the Statement of Work (SOW) below Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. NAICS code: 115210 and sized standard is $8.0. NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be registered and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry www.vetbiz.gov. Project requirements: To offer holistic and Whole Health principled services for Veterans to increase resiliency and emotional regulation skills. Equine Therapy is well studied and empirically reviewed as an evidence-based modality, and this program will also incorporate Heart Math as a biofeedback technique to enhance the Equine Therapy experience. These modalities together will amplify the overall health and recovery experience. The requirements to award and continue a community partnership allowing utilization of space, horses, and staffing from the vendor to support the Whole Health Primary Care-Mental Health (PCMHI) Equine Therapy group offered to Veterans at the Robley Rex VAMC (RRVAMC) and remote VA clinics. Period of Performance: Services shall be performed 30 minutes drive time from Robley Rex VAMC location at 800 Zorn Avenue Louisville KY 40206 Anticipated period of performance: 4/01/2022 thru 3/31/2022. Other important considerations: See draft Statement of Work (SOW) Capability statement /information sought: Response to this announcement shall not to exceed 10 pages and should include the following information: (1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm s ability to provide a product and related services; (2) The respondents DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., SDVOSB/VOSB, etc,) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; (3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Please e-mail your response with the above information to contact@example.gov with the subject line "Sources Sought Notice # 36C249-22-Q-0171 by 10:00 a.m. on (02/16/2022). Any question should be emailed to contact@example.gov. 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).