Q--Non-VA Dialysis VISN 8

Request for Information (RFI) Number: VA-248-10-RI-0369Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Contracting Office: Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 8 Tampa, Florida Notice Type: Sources Sought This is only a Sources Sought Notice. A solicitation is not currently available at this time. This request for Information is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and no contract will be awarded as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking information from qualified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veterans Owned Small Business (VOSB), and other Small Business concerns which possess the capability and experience to serve as Clinical unit and be responsible for all aspects of dialysis services including, but not limited to: providing direction and support to the dialysis personnel regarding equipment, technology, patient care location and space, techniques, supplies, policies and procedures employed by the VA hospital, maintaining licensure and ensuring that all requirements of The Joint Commission are met as well as participating in quality management, utilization review and cost containment activities. The VA intends to execute contracts with multiple qualified community dialysis providers to deliver multiple types of dialysis services to eligible Veterans throughout multiple geographic areas within VISN 8 VA Medical Centers. The geographic areas are as follows: (Bay Pines, North Florida/South Georgia, Miami, Orlando, San Juan, Tampa and West Palm VA Medical Centers. Providers must be Medicare certified, capable of providing, delivering, supervising, and monitoring dialysis services. These services include outpatient hemodialysis, outpatient peritoneal dialysis, home dialysis to include peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis and home dialysis training beneficiaries. Outpatient dialysis and home dialysis training will be delivered at the community providers facilities. Home and outpatient based dialysis services will utilize the community provider's resources, staff, and equipment necessary or required for peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis. All billings will be in Medicare compliant format. All treatment modalities must be in accordance with the Medicare treatment guidelines. Offerors will be responsible for internal and subcontractor's Quality Assurance and ongoing Continuous Quality Improvement measures. Offerors must safe-guard the VA patient's information in accordance to the VA, Privacy Act, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requirements. These services are being procured under Title 38 U.S.C. 8153, VA's Health Care Resources Sharing Authority. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 621492 and the Small Business Size Standard is $34.5 million. The intended period of performance will be a base period from date of award with the Government's option to exercise four (4) additional one (1) year period. Offerors interested in responding to this RFI should submit their information by e-mail to Ginette Papillon-Nolan, Contracting Officer [email protected]. All contractors must be registered through the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) website at http://www.ccr.gov and all SDVOSB and VOSB must be registered and certified through the VetBiz website at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ before award. Information shall be submitted no later than 3:00pm on April 14, 2010.