G--Transitional Homeless Housing Units

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only. Responses to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO AWARDS WILL BE MADE FROM THIS NOTICE. Responses to this sources sought is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. The Great Lakes Acquisition Center (VISN 12) is seeking Offerors with housing units in the vicinity of Chicago, Hines, and North Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, Tomah, and Madison, WI; and Upper Michigan (Iron Mountain) to assist the local VA facility with the provision of residential placement and supportive services under the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The primary goal of this program is to obtain temporary housing for homeless or near homeless Veterans and to prepare them for independent living so that they may eventually find their way to permanent housing located within the community. Offerors shall have experience in successfully working with residents recovering from co-morbid conditions such as serious mental illnesses, substance abuse, disorders, and other serious medical conditions. The types of services offerors will be required to provide include, but are not limited to the following: Residential Room and Board; Laundry facilities for residents to do their own laundry; and therapeutic, rehabilitative, and recovery services. To this end, Offerors must be able to demonstrate their ongoing capacity and resources to work with this population within a community setting. Interested parties shall identify their interest and capability by submitting literature detailing their experience and resources to provide the services above. Offerors response shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the Offerors Company Name, DUNS number, address, point of contact, title, phone number and email address. Offeror shall also identify their type of business (Small or Large) and socioeconomic status (Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, Hubzone, 8(a), Woman owned, Small Disadvantaged, etc). The NAICS code for this requirement is 624229, Other Community Housing Services (size standard of $7.0 million). Responses are to be sent electronically to [email protected] or mailed to Becky Cincotta, 5000 W. National Avenue - Bldg 5, Milwaukee, WI, 53295. Facsimile responses will not be accepted. After review of the responses to this sources sought notice, a solicitation announcement may be published on the FBO website. Responses to this sources sought notice are not considered adequate responses to the solicitation announcement. All interested parties will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this sources sought notice. Interested parties are reminded to register with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov in order to be eligible to work with the Government. Responses to this notice must be received by 4:30pm CT on 4/16/2010.