Source Sought Notice # 9034 Emergency Homeless Shelter for VA Northern California Healthcare System Sources Sought only for Market Research The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to determine if there are any vendors with economic status of Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, Women Owned, and other Small Businesses that can provide care for homeless Veterans in the Sacramento, CA area. The projected period of performance is a 6-month base period with four one year option periods beginning on 1 April 2018 through September 30, 2018. The socio-economic status of the responders will determine the type of set-aside, if any. SUMMARY OF WORK The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program is an essential and critical part of VHA, providing a gateway to VA and community-based supportive services for eligible Veterans who are homeless. HCHV programs provide outreach services; care, treatment, and rehabilitative services, including case management services; and therapeutic transitional housing assistance under 38 U.S.C. 2032 in conjunction with Work Therapy under 38 U.S.C. 1718. The program uses Contracted Residential Services in community locations to engage homeless Veterans who have been underserved. Many of these Veterans would benefit from mental health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment but will not avail themselves of these services without the encouragement of outreach workers. Place of Performance: Alameda County HCHV CERS PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS & CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS Capable of performing outreach or otherwise identifying and referring homeless Veterans with substance abuse disorders with a desire to pursue recovery by entering a residential treatment program to the contract program; Capable of providing secure, separate housing and bathroom accommodations for males and females; common use of kitchen facilities and dining rooms is acceptable; Capable of providing services twenty-four (24) hrs. a day for Veteran placements lasting up to ninety (90) days per Veteran. Extensions beyond initial ninety (90) days should be authorized in writing by VA Liaison; extensions beyond six (6) months must be prior- approved by the Social Work Service Contract Coordinator/ COR; Capable of providing three daily nutritious meals and reasonable accommodation for special dietary needs; Capable of offering a means for clients to wash their own clothes or otherwise tend to laundry; Capable of providing secure, appropriate storage for both Veteran belongings and medication; Capable of providing quality case management and treatment services that utilize a Recovery Model approach that includes elements of motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and critical time intervention; Capable of maintaining a minimum of one staff member on site at all times to ensure appropriate response to matters involving Veteran safety; Capable of providing a working phone line and ensuring reasonably prompt communication with the VA is possible at all times; There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 624229 with Small Business size of $15 million. NOTE: Please ensure that SAM indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. Only firms interested should send their information and capability statement and any questions by email to Mohamad Akhtar
[email protected] no later than 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, November 10, 2017. Information should include all the following: Capability Statement Name of Company POC Name Phone Number Email Address Web Site Address Expiration Date DUNS Number Business Size/ Socio-economic Status VIP (if applicable) Address of Facility Number of beds Available Square footage of Facility DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice.