Q509--Emergency Department Physician Service

THIS IS A SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND/OR QUOTE. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Systems Network (VISN) 23 and the Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23 are performing market research to determine if there are sufficient numbers of qualified (1) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; (2) Veteran Owned Small Business; or (3) Small Business to set aside a Firm Fixed Price for Emergency Department Physician Services. The Contractor shall provide Board Certified/Board Eligible Emergency Medicine Physician Services onsite in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Minneapolis MN VHA Hospital. A contractor providing onsite emergency department physician services that meet or exceed the American College of Emergency Physician Guidelines http://www.ACEP.org/. The Contractor s physician(s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property. All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor s physician(s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract. Patients must be seen by a contractor s physician(s) on-site at the Minneapolis MN VA Hospital in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure. Contractor s Physician(s) shall be available to be scheduled to work during all hours of operation of the ED or as required by the facility Chief of Staff or designee. The ED operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year including Federal Holidays, 366 days on Leap Year. The NAICS CODE: 621111- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialist), PSC: Q509-Medical-Internal Medicine, Small Business Size Standard: $16.0 Million. *All responses should include the following: FSS contract number if applicable, socioeconomic category, technical/capability information, ability to meet VA requirements, and existing customers. Interested sources may submit a 1 or 2-page capability statement with enough detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding such capability. The statement should identify supplier s name, address, point of contact, phone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and business type and size. Any pertinent FSS Schedule numbers with expiration date should also be provided. Please email capability statements to: Contract Specialist, Michael Cotton at [email protected] by 11:00 AM Central Standard Time on May 12, 2023. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Please note "Emergency Physician Services" in the subject line of the email.