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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Description of Requirement: Network Contracting Office 9 (NCO 9) is posting this Sources Sought Notice for the purpose of locating capable businesses, including Service Disabled ... SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Description of Requirement: Network Contracting Office 9 (NCO 9) is posting this Sources Sought Notice for the purpose of locating capable businesses, including Service Disabled and Veteran Owned Small businesses, to provide Spine Surgery Physician Services. Patients must be seen by a Contractor s physician(s) on-site at Memphis VAMC in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor s physician(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal Memphis VAMC clinic hours. Clinic hours may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff. Currently, normal hours are Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm. Off-hours Coverage: Weeknights Monday-Friday 4:30pm to 8:00am the following morning includes consultation and emergency surgery. Weekend and holiday coverage 24 hours per day includes rounds, consults, and emergency surgeries. Weekend coverage from Saturday morning at 8:00am to Monday morning at 8:00am. It is anticipated to be awarded for a base period of one-year, with four one-year options for a total possibility of five years. A DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached hereto. The Contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the services described in the attached PWS. All professionals providing services under the terms of this contract will be appropriately certified and/or licensed as described in the PWS and shall possess the requisite skills and experience to perform the services as required. Contractor shall not perform inherently governmental functions. This Sources Sought is an advance notice for information and planning purposes only and is not a solicitation. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Sources shall include in their information: 1. A detailed capabilities statement stating their experience in providing the same or similar work described in this notice. 2. A point of contact with phone and e-mail information. 3. Business status (Socio-Economic Factors: 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business), business size based on NAICS 621111. 4. A positive statement of interest to submit a proposal. This request for information is not a commercial solicitation and the Government will not pay for any information submitted, or for any costs associated with providing the information. The point of contact for this Sources Sought Notice is: Dewana Raynor, Contracting Officer; at dewana.raynor@va.gov All correspondence is to be via e-mail.