Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

AMENDMENT 0002 AMENDMENT 0002 TO THIS SOLITATION (36C25624Q0701) HAS NOW BEEN POSTED. Date for Receipt of Offers is Extended to: Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 12:00PM CST SOLICITATION The contractor shal... AMENDMENT 0002 AMENDMENT 0002 TO THIS SOLITATION (36C25624Q0701) HAS NOW BEEN POSTED. Date for Receipt of Offers is Extended to: Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 12:00PM CST SOLICITATION The contractor shall provide yoga therapy to patient populations of Veterans at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). Contractor’s personnel shall perform services via video teleconference (VTC). Contractor shall provide all access to the necessary resources to accomplish two-way, interactive, virtual platforms to offer online classes and individual sessions of live yoga therapy. The solicitation will be issued as a Small Business (SB) set-aside under NAICS code 611699, with a small business size standard of $16.5 Million. All interested parties must be listed in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov, at the date and time of their quote submission, and date of award. Award will NOT be delayed for registration. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 1. All quotes must be submitted directly to the Contracting Officer identified and listed in block 7a of the Standard Form (SF) 1449, by email to the following address: surella.tracy@va.gov. Quotes must be received no later than the date/time indicated in block 8 of the SF 1449. Any proposal received after the date and time referenced in block 8 may be considered late and may not be accepted. 2. All emails must reference “RFQ 36C25624Q0701, “Yoga Therapy” in the subject line of the email. Failure to do so may result in mishandling or inadvertent deletion of emails. 3. QUESTIONS: No more questions accepted. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: All quotes must include the following, as a minimum. Failure to include any of the following with a quote may result in that quote being determined non-responsive. Any quote determined non-responsive will NOT be evaluated for award. a. Contractor shall submit proof of updated certifications with quote as outlined in Attachment 1 - Statement of Work, Section 3.2. b. Contractor’s business name (as registered in SAM) c. Contractor’s address (as registered in SAM) d. Contractor’s Unique Entity ID number (as registered in SAM) e. Point of Contact (POC) Name f. POC phone number g. POC email address h. Completed Price Schedule (Section B.1) i. Completed Contract Administration Data (Section B.2) j. Completed solicitation provision 52.204-24 (Section E.1) k. Completed solicitation provision 52.209-7 (Section E.2) l. Completed solicitation provision 52.212-3 (Section E.7). Complete and return only paragraph (b)(2) of this provision if your annual representations and certifications in SAM, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard(s) applicable to the NAICS code(s) referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE The Mental Health Care Line Department at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, located at 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030 has a requirement for Yoga Therapy. The co... PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE The Mental Health Care Line Department at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, located at 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030 has a requirement for Yoga Therapy. The contractor shall provide yoga therapy to patient populations of Veterans at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). Contractor s personnel shall perform services via video teleconference (VTC). Contractor shall provide all access to the necessary resources to accomplish two-way, interactive, virtual platforms to offer online classes and individual sessions of live yoga therapy. Yoga Therapist: Yoga therapists shall be certified through a program accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). IAYT yoga therapists obtain comprehensive training across a variety of medical contexts including diabetes, heart disease, trauma, pain, and prenatal care. The Yoga Therapist shall utilize this specialized knowledge to provide yoga therapy that is supportive of, and sensitive to, the clinical needs of the following patient populations. Veterans with Headaches. Yoga therapy (YT) shall be performed in accordance with the standards of IAYT for Veterans with chronic headaches as part of the Integrative Headache Clinic (IHC) in Neurology. Yoga therapist shall be available for 16 hours per week (8 hours each on two separate days) of direct patient contact, documentation, and/or consultation for yoga therapy with individual Veterans within the IHC between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm CT. Each session shall consist of a maximum of 50 minutes of one-on-one yoga therapy, including education on benefits of yoga for headache, and instruction in yoga practices specific to the needs of the individual Veteran. The therapist shall complete documentation of visits in the VA electronic medical records and shall be available for brief consultation with members of the headache clinic team by Teams virtual meeting or encrypted email to ensure smooth coordination of Veteran care. Pregnant Veterans. Prenatal yoga therapy shall be performed in accordance with the standards of the IAYT for pregnant Veterans as part of the Whole Health Maternity Care program. Specific duties include: Yoga therapist shall provide 3 virtual sessions of prenatal YT for individual Veterans per week between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm CT. Each session shall consist of a maximum of 50 minutes of one-on-one yoga therapy, including education on benefits of yoga for pregnancy and instruction in yoga practices specific to the needs of the individual Veteran. Yoga therapist shall lead 1 virtual prenatal yoga class in support of Veterans engaged in individual prenatal YT, and also for other pregnant Veterans at MEDVAMC. Classes shall be held on weekday evenings no later than 7:00 pm CT, or on weekends between 8:00 am CT and 5:00 pm CT. Classes shall be appropriate to the trimester of the Veterans attending (or appropriate for all trimesters if Veterans in each trimester are in attendance). The contract is expected to be firm, fixed-price for one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. This is a pre-solicitation notice only. Interested parties should watch for the issuance of the solicitation and associated documents on or about May 8, 2024 which will contain the specific instructions and requirements. The solicitation will be issued as a Small Business (SB) set-aside under NAICS code 611699, with a small business size standard of $16.5 Million. All interested parties must be listed in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov, at the date and time of their quote submission, and date of award. Award will NOT be delayed for registration. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice only. No pricing is being requested at this time. Please monitor this website for issuance of the actual solicitation to download the associated solicitation documents.