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Please note, this is NOT a request for proposal. The Government is seeking information strictly for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation document. The VA N... Please note, this is NOT a request for proposal. The Government is seeking information strictly for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation document. The VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (VANIHCS) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2121 Lake Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is conducting a market survey for qualified firms of providing 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) non-personal, board-certified/board-eligible professional medical oncology/hematology physician services four days a week, including on-call coverage one day a week, during business hours, for eligible veterans at the VANIHCS. Applicable NAICS Code 621111 applies with a business size standard of $11.0 million and the contractor must be registered and verified in the Systems for Award Management System (SAM). Responses to this sources sought notice shall be submitted in writing and received no later than 2pm EST, Tuesday, April 09, 2019. No telephone inquiries shall be accepted or returned. Contractor s physicians care shall cover the range of hematology/oncology services as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by the American Society of Hematology. Contractor shall provide board-certified and/or board-eligible medical oncology/hematology physician services on-site and shall evaluate and treat patients during a general oncology/hematology outpatient clinic at the VA. Clinic hours are 8am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Clinical days and work hours are four days a week during clinic hours. Clinic shall be scheduled for eight hours per day, three days per week and seven hours per day for one day a week for a total of four days per week, 52 weeks per year. This does not include holidays. On-call coverage shall be provided one day a week during weekday clinic hours from 8am to 4:30pm, not including holidays. Non-clinical duties shall include 80 hours annually for administrative assignments, peer reviews, OPPE/FPPE, tumor board, and mandatory trainings, such as ACLS, BLS, TMS. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS Code 621111 (business size standard of $11.0 per annum). Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. A solicitation is NOT currently available and may or may not be available in the future. IF a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on FBO at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to the solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Email: Jaime.Reed2@va.gov and Michelle.Ford2@va.gov. DISCLAIMER: This sources sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this sources sought notice that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this sources sought notice.