SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Veteran Patient Cenetered Care Advisory and Assistance Services for VISN 11
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Indianapolis VAMC, Richard L. Roudebush Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Veteran Affairs;VA Medical Center (90 CSC);1481 West Tenth Street;Indianapolis IN 46202
- ZIP Code
- 46202
- Solicitation Number
- VA-251-09-RP-0107
- Response Due
- 4/3/2009
- Archive Date
- 5/3/2009
- Point of Contact
- Aaron LacyContracting Officer<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The intent of this notice is to inform the contracting community that the Government intends to enter into a sole source contract for advisory services with Planetree, Inc., 130 Division Street, Derby, Connecticut, 06418 as described herein. The VISN 11 VA Medical Centers located in Saginaw, Detroit, and Ann Arbor Michigan, Marion, Ft. Wayne, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and Danville, Illinois intend to procure advisory and assistance services to improve patient and employee satisfaction within the Medical Centers. The government's mission is improving the operation of the Medical Centers, the environment of care offered to veteran patients, overall patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction by utilizing an outside source experienced in patient centered care. The patient centered care concept is an innovative approach designed to address and improve the quality of care and satisfaction of veteran patients utilizing the medical center. The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 11, requires proven patient centered techniques, data collection and analysis, patient education about treatments and services, consultations with Medical Center medical staff concerning environment of care, staff education and training, ability to affiliate with and benefit from research collected from other medical centers who have implemented patient centered care strategies, and detailed organizational assessments project management plans outlining the assistance to be provided. Patient satisfaction improvement strategies (to include staff and patients) shall include focus groups, pre and post implementation satisfaction surveys and monitoring, and informative literature to assist patients in becoming more involved with their medical care. Through extensive market research the Government was not able to identify vendors with suitable past experience in providing the full complement of patient centered advisory services required, with the exception of Planetree, Inc. As a result, the government intends to award a contract to Planetree, Inc for these services on a sole source basis. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this procurement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1(b)(1), agencies are permitted to utilize this authority contingent upon a reasonable basis existing that the agency's minimum needs can only be satisfied by unique supplies or services available from only one source or only one supplier with unique capabilities.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: VISN 11 Medical Centers in Saginaw MI, Ann Arbor,;MI, Detroit MI, Danville IL, Indianapolis IN, Ft.;Wayne IN, and Marion IN.<br />
- Zip Code: 48105<br />
- Zip Code: 48105<br />
- Record
- SN01772032-W 20090320/090318220014-8119f9350b5b935ab35724673e9dbcec (fbodaily.com)
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