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1. Title: Magnet Consultant Service Contract 2. Purpose: The Michael E. Debakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) located at 2002 Holcombe Boulevard. Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following... 1. Title: Magnet Consultant Service Contract 2. Purpose: The Michael E. Debakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) located at 2002 Holcombe Boulevard. Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RFI). This RFI is to seek estimated market pricing information and contractors with the capability to provide Magnet Consultant Services. 3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide Magnet Consultant Services. (See Attached Draft Scope of Work (SOW). 4. Place of Performance: MEDVAMC. 5. Responses Requested: The MEDVAMC requires all the following information and questions answered in this RFI: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the Request for Information and contractor shall not be considered as part of the market research. a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address; and the company's business size, and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications. c. Can you company provide the following services to include but not limited to: Conduct an onsite Magnet Readiness Assessment? Provide leadership coaching and mentoring to build a culture of nursing excellence and support the journey to Magnet designation? Review the entire Magnet document and provide feedback on content and recommendations for improvement to ensure that the domains are adequately addressed? Have ongoing meetings with leadership and other identified groups to foster necessary changes as determined, to meet the desired goals? Provide data analysis support for critical Magnet data, including nurse satisfaction, patient satisfaction and nurse-sensitive patient indicators? One-on-one sessions, as deemed necessary, to foster nursing excellence? Meet with the Care Line Nurse Executives, at least monthly, to assess their performance needs and arrange sessions as indicated by the Associate Director of Patient Care Services (ADPCS) to facilitate Magnet goals? Coach and consult Leadership in addressing the VHA Strategic Plan for Nursing Excellence? Provide an onsite or virtual mock site visit to prepare the nursing team for a successful visit by ANCC Magnet appraisers? Support the preparation of Magnet documents for submission into the ANCC ADAM platform? Provide a secure web-based solution to present Magnet documents to staff nurses? d. What percentage of the contracted services can your company complete as the prime contractor? ______________% e. What percentage of the contracted services would your company subcontract? ______________% f. Do your company possess a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the role of a Magnet reviewer, or coach in the area of Nursing Excellence? g. Do your company possess a history of participating in the Magnet writing experience for large Medical Centers? Please provide evidence with response. h. Do your company possess the capability to provide verification of participating with institutions that successfully obtained at least ten (10) recent Magnet Re-designations? Please provide evidence with response. i. Provide in your capability statement a list of active contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments similar to the Magnet Consultant services required. List Contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison. j. For the Magnet Consultant services required, Is your company available under any; Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC) General Services Administration Schedules (GSA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) If so, please list the contract number and a brief summary of the products and services provided. k. Provide a short summary of your potential approach to this type of contract and meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work and your experience managing similar contracts with similar requirements for the MEDVAMC. l. Contractors shall provide an estimated price for all the services listed in the draft Statement of Work. 6. Opportunity: The MEDVAMC, is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this service. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this RFI in order to assist the MEDVAMC in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives. 7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: RFI responses are due by February 10, 2022 at 10:00 am (CST) via email to anthony.marion2.gov. All Questions shall be submitted by February 2, 2022 at 12:00 pm (CST) via email to anthony.marion2.gov. Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted. Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible. The subject line shall read: 36C25622Q0402 -RFI-Sources Sought- Magnet Consultant Services -Houston, TX. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(l). Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the RFI. Information provided will be used solely by MEDVAMC as "market research" and will not be released outside of the MEDVAMC Purchasing and Contract Team. This RFI does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this RFI is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it is will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this RFI, or future RFP/RFQ. 8. Contact Information: Contract Specialist, Anthony Marion Email address: anthony.marion2@va.gov Your responses to this notice are appreciated. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.