U004--Physician Leadership Training All Sites VISN 5 & Online

Sources Sought/Market Survey for Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for VISN 5 Learning Resource Center Sources Sought Response Instructions THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. NCO 5 is conducting market research to determine the availability, interest and capability of potential contractors qualified and able to compete for a contract to provide Physician Leadership Development courses for VISN 5 (Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, DC). This office intends to award an IDIQ contract. The contract awarded will be firm-fixed priced. The information in this notice is based on the best and most current information available to date. This information is subject to change and does not bind the Government. Updated information will be provided in future announcements and posted electronically on the System for Award Management (SAM) homepage at beta.SAM.gov. The Government shall not reimburse the costs of preparing responses to this request for information / sources sought notice. Requirement Description: 1. Scope of Work The VISN 5 Education Office needs services of a highly skilled and technical nature requiring deep knowledge of and experience with developing physician leaders. This requires a company with a proven track record in this field and the willingness and ability to customize their curricula and approaches to the unique learning needs of the employees within VISN 5. 2. Background VISN 5 needs a distinguished U.S. organization that provides physician leaders training. VISN 5 doctors who hold leadership and management positions need training to boost their effectiveness and their CVs. The company s education offerings must be designed exclusively for physicians. The courses will be a learning resource for bright, focused clinicians who care about patients and their outcomes into physician leaders who can have impact VA and industry wide. VISN 5 needs a large professional association dedicated solely to promoting physician leadership; the company needs to develop physician leaders through its focus on life-long learning, professional development, community and thought leadership. At some level, all physicians are considered as leaders in society and are therefore expected to improve the population s health. VA needs more leaders that have a certification in physician leadership/executives; the company must have a certification that can be pursued by our physicians. 3. Period of Performance Anticipated Period of Performance is February 1, 2021 September 31, 2025, broken down as follows: Base Period: 2/01/21 1/31/22 Ordering Period 1: 2/01/22 1/31/23 Ordering Period 2: 2/01/23 1/31/24 Ordering Period 3: 2/01/24 1/31/25 Ordering Period 4: 2/01/25 9/30/25 4. Physical Locations: If the training is onsite, the trainers must be able to travel to all the VISN 5 sites: VA Maryland Healthcare System Baltimore VAMC 10 North Greene Street Baltimore, MD 21201 VA Maryland Healthcare System Loch Raven VAMC 3901 The Alameda Baltimore, MD 21218 VA Maryland Healthcare System Perry Point VAMC Perry Point MD 21902 Washington, DC VAMC 50 Irving St. NW Washington DC 20422 Martinsburg VAMC 510 Butler Avenue Martinsburg WV 25405 Hershel Woody Williams VAMC (Huntington VAMC) 1540 Spring Valley Drive Huntington WV 25704 Louis A. Johnson VAMC (Clarksburg VAMC) 1 Medical Center Drive Clarksburg, WV 26301 Beckley VAMC 200 Veterans Avenue Beckley WV 25801 Please Note: Due to current travel restrictions, all courses will be offered online only. It is anticipated that once the restrictions are lifted, there will be one to two classes offered at each of the listed Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (up to twelve total courses annually). 5. Online (self-paced) training: The company must be able to offer classes on-line (self-paced). The same topics that are offered in person must be offered online. 6. Required List of Training Topics that must offer CMEs: All the training (in-person, online (self-paced)) must be provided with continuing medical education (CME). CMEs are required. The company must be an approved accrediting organization. 7. Acceptance Criteria The agency considers the service fully acceptable when the company can achieve the following: Offer the training topics specified in paragraph eight (8). All in-person and online (self-paced) courses offer CMEs. The company must be a qualified accrediting organization. The company only specializes in physician leadership training. The company offers a physician leadership certification program. A course evaluation is offered for each class. Reports are provided of those that are registered in self-paced and on-line classes. Reports are provided with the outcome of the course evaluations. Most of the trainers are physicians; physicians teaching physicians. 8. List of Required Training Topics: General topics that shall be a part of the overall curriculum include: Communication Finance Influence Quality Negotiation This list of topics shall not be considered all inclusive. The topics shall cover a wide range of course offerings, each topic should have at least five courses offered under each of these disciplines, in order to provide a well-rounded, highly trained physician leader. 9. Evaluation Criteria: The Contractor must have an extensive history and proven track records in providing physician leadership training program. The company will be evaluated on the criteria specified in this SOW s Acceptance Criteria (paragraph seven (7)). The businesses responding to this Sources Sought Notice must provide a Statement of Capabilities addressing the following: Demonstrate the skills, experience, knowledge, and capabilities necessary to provide the Physician Leadership Development courses specified herein. Statements should address the specific education disciplines noted and identify the firms' capability to complete requirements, including, but not limited to a description of corporate experience with similar contracts. Please provide the information requested in each of the following sub-sections: Business Information Capability Information Program Concerns & Risk Business Information Company Name Address Point of Contact CAGE Code Phone Number E-mail Address Web Page URL North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, indicate the country of ownership) Based on the above NAICS Code, state whether (Yes / No) your company is: o Small Business Woman Owned Small Business Small Disadvantaged Business 8(a) Certified HUB Zone Certified Veteran Owned Small Business Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Registered on System for Award Management (SAM) Indicate whether your firm possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system Capability Information Describe your company's capability to deliver a solution to the listed requirements. Ensure your submission addresses the following areas of interest to the Government: Identify those portions of the requirements in which your company is capable of meeting as well as those requirements which fall outside your scope of expertise or would require a teaming arrangement to fulfill. As part of your response, indicate whether you have any current arrangements with third-party companies who may be interested in partnering in order to provide a full solution to the Government's requirements. List and describe specific past performance which you believe to be relevant to this effort and the stated requirements. Please limit your relevant feedback to the past five years only and include the following information: Contract Number(s) or Customer/Company Name: Point of Contact (POC): City/State of Contract Performance: Type of Contract Vehicle and CLIN structure: Customer Contracting POC Email address: Customer Contracting POC Phone number: Brief description of your direct support of the effort Does your company have experience servicing this magnitude/type of requirement? Program Concerns and Risk Provide any additional feedback regarding the described program which you feel is relevant to the Government's market survey. In addition, based upon your experience with similar contracts and efforts please identify any other issues, situations, or processes you perceive as risk areas. Submission Requirements Potential sources should only submit the minimum information necessary and shall not exceed twenty (20) 8 x 11 pages, to include any graphics, graphs, or tables. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. The Government may contact potential sources for additional information as required. This announcement shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) number and the announcement will be published on the System for Award Management website at beta.SAM.gov. Potential interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package as well as downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any. By responding to the Sources Sought Notice, I confirm that my firm is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.beta.sam.gov with the socio-economic status identified above and the NAICS code specified in the sources sought notice; or that my firm qualifies and registration under the applicable NAICS code is in process. Questions or clarifications in regards to this sources sought should be emailed to the addresses listed above no later than five (5) U.S. business days prior to the response date listed above. If questions are received, Government answers will be posted on the System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.beta.sam.gov website, and the questions' source will not be identified. If publishing the answer to your question on this website could compromise your competitive strategy please state as such in your correspondence and the Government will act accordingly. Interested parties considering themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by close of business, 13 November 2020. Please submit all documentation by email and state in the subject line "Sources Sought Response Physician Leadership Development. Responses received after this date and time may not be reviewed. Send responses to Phillip G Duba at [email protected]. Certification: I understand that incomplete answers in sections or my failure to provide required documentation or failure to sign this certification may remove my firm from the Government s determination of whether to solicit the referenced project on a set-aside basis in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Name: Title: Signature: [END OF NOTICE]