Over the last 12 months, the HEC Program Office has been developing the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Healthcare Environmental Cleaning (HEC) enterprise-wide solution with three (3) main goals: 1) standardized requirements across DoD medical facilities, 2) alignment with industry standards and improved compliance with all regulatory mandates, and 3) develop consistent, measurable quality performance objectives. There have been four (4) previous industry surveys and special notices conducted during earlier Market Research efforts. Related Sam.gov Postings: Special Notice: Healthcare Environmental Cleaning (HEC) Program https://sam.gov/opp/31fa0299ad5b469ea02e1907d65b6404/review Original Published Date: Sep 15, 2021 09:59 am CDT Sources Sought: Healthcare Environmental Cleaning (HEC) – Request for Info/Survey #2 https://sam.gov/opp/da3cc98dec9e42b2a544ef66b5d37607/review Original Published Date: Apr 27, 2021 09:40 am CDT Sources Sought: Healthcare Environmental Services (HEC) Sources Sought https://sam.gov/opp/ddaa247e52254978880a1f9f2e1fdd57/review Original Published Date: Nov 27, 2020 01:58 pm CST Special Notice: Healthcare Environmental Cleaning (DHA IPN) https://sam.gov/opp/e54950bafe8c4d76976a932d47a55c64/view Original Published Date: Jul 14, 2020 10:27 am CDT The HEC Program Office developed this communication venue to provide information or draft documents to our industry partners as we continue to refine the requirement and determine the best strategy to meet all stakeholder interests. This posting and future updates will serve as a comprehensive communication tool to keep interested companies informed, as well as provide a venue for industry partners to give the Government feedback. The purpose of this informational posting is to provide the following draft documents: 1) Performance Work Statement; 2) potential performance locations and 3) Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. The two Word documents contain Line Numbers on the left-hand margin to ease company reference for comments to the Government. If your company responds to this posting, include your company name as well as reference the document, page number, paragraph number, and the line number associated with the section regarding your questions or recommendations on the HEC_QandA_Workbook (Refer to Attachment 1). The U.S. Government anticipates an Industry Day Forum in the near future, as such, responses to the questions received will be provided at the Industry Day. Please note, any information regarding the Industry Day Forum will be publically posted/synopsized using this communication medium/Government point of entry. Additionally, companies may want to dedicate some attention to applicable publications (Part 7 of the PWS) to ensure understanding of the latest regulatory mandates as appropriate and the below listed informational links: New Executive Order on Non-Displacement of Qualified Personnel – https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/11/18/executive-order-on-nondisplacement-of-qualified-workers-under-service-contracts/ Service Contract Labor Standards - https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations Collective Bargaining Agreements - https://www.dol.gov/agencies/olms/cba DHA Procedure Manuals - https://health.mil/Reference-Center/Policies DHA-PM 6430.04 - Medical Logistics Healthcare Environmental Cleaning Services Management DHA-PM 6430.02 - Linen Management This posting is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this informational posting. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this posting. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Questions and/or comments may be submitted to Ms. Stephani Preusser at
[email protected] and Mr. Deinor Bolanos at
[email protected] on or before 4:00 p.m. (local San Antonio, TX time) 13 January 2022 on the HEC_QandA_Workbook (Refer to Attachment 1). The Government appreciates and values your time and assistance!