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36C26320R0126 0008 Proposal Submission Fargoand Central Iowa Needed Counties List Revision: VISN 23 Medicaid Open and Continuous Nursing Home Solicitation This amendment adds an additional needed nurs... 36C26320R0126 0008 Proposal Submission Fargoand Central Iowa Needed Counties List Revision: VISN 23 Medicaid Open and Continuous Nursing Home Solicitation This amendment adds an additional needed nursing home to the following county lists: Fargo - Cass, LaMoure, McLean, Morton. Central Iowa - Carroll. See pages 2-3 of the amendment for updated needs lists. Direct any questions regarding this amendment to Chara Collins at Chara.Collins@va.gov. _________________________________________________________________ 36C26320R0126 0007 Proposal Submission Fargo Needed Counties List Revision: VISN 23 Medicaid Open and Continuous Nursing Home Solicitation This amendment adds McLean County, North Dakota, to the Fargo VA Health Care System's Needed Nursing Homes list. The updated county list can be found on the next page. Direct any questions regarding this amendment to Chara Collins at Chara.Collins@va.gov. ___________________________________ 36C26320R0126 0006 Proposal Submission Point of Contact Update and Sioux Falls Needed Counties List Revision: VISN 23 Medicaid Open and Continuous Nursing Home Solicitation This amendment provides the following changes to the solicitation: Diana Rosier is no longer the point of contact for proposal submissions. Proposals will now be sent to Chara Collins and John Becker at Chara.Collins@va.gov and John.Becker3@va.gov. The Needed Counties List for Sioux Falls has been updated. Updated list can be found on page two of this amendment (see PDF document Medicaid Amendment 0006 in list of attachments below) Direct any questions regarding this amendment to Chara Collins at Chara.Collins@va.gov. ________________________________________________________________________________ 36C26320R0126 0005 Updating Eligible County Needs Lists: VISN 23 Medicaid Open and Continuous Nursing Home Solicitation This amendment revises the Eligible County Needs Lists found in section E.1 of the original solicitation effective 29 November 2022. Current Eligible County Needs Lists can be found starting on page 2 of amendment 0005. Direct any questions regarding this amendment to Matthew Dale at Matthew.Dale3@va.gov. See below for prior active amendments. ___________________________________________________________________________ 36C26320R0126 0004 - Ordering Officer Language added to Solicitation Ordering Officer language has been added to the solicitation via Amendment 0004. Please review, sign, and return a copy of attached Amendment 0004 document titled "36C26320R0126 0004" along with all other items as directed below. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 36C26320R0126 0003 Overview of Changes to Medicaid Open and Continuous Nursing Home Solicitation This amendment implements the following revisions to the original solicitation: 1: Solicitation closing date is extended by one year. New closing date is 04 March 2023. 2: Section C Contract Clauses and Section E Solicitation Provisions have been updated to be current as of February 2022. 3: Updated the Eligible County lists starting on page 51. 4: Provided clarifications and corrections to Table A of Section one of the B.4 Schedule of Items. 5: Moved VHA Supplemental Contract Requirements for Combating COVID-19 at the end of the PWS as an addendum. 6: Updated the Attachment 2 Wage Determination to be current to 2022. Due to the scale of the changes, this amendment effectively replaces the current Solicitation document and attachments issued most recently via Amendment 0002 on October 28, 2021. Please use this announcement only as well as its revised Solicitation and attachments when submitting all proposals to the VA. Direct any questions regarding this amendment to Chara Collins at Chara.Collins@va.gov. See notice below for additional information. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amended Medicaid Solicitation Notice: 36C263-20-R-0126 0003The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO 23), St. Paul, Minnesota is soliciting proposals from Nursing Homes in the VISN 23 area which include the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Wyoming, and Nebraska to provide community nursing home services under Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IDIQs). VA initially issued an open and continuous solicitation for this requirement on March 5, 2021. This solicitation is open through March 4, 2023. Proposals will be accepted at any time during this period, up to and including on March 4, 2023. Proposals shall be valid for 180 days from date of receipt. Interested offerors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from that website, and no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation provides instructions to offerors about the proposal submission process. Offerors are encouraged to review the solicitation on the Contract Opportunities website (https://beta.sam.gov/search) and submit their proposal via email to the relevant point of contact as identified in the solicitation as soon as practicable. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM), Nursing Homes must be registered in SAM. Nursing Homes must also register in the VIP database if applicable (VIP registration is required for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses) under the applicable NAICS. Nursing Homes may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov and Vet Biz information at https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov. To be eligible for award, Nursing Homes must be registered in the SAM database. Registration is free and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the SAM website as no IDIQs can be awarded to any offeror not registered in SAM. NAICS Code is 623110 (Nursing Care Facilities) with a Small Business Size Standard of $30.0M. The classification code is Q402. The solicitation will be issued for full and open competition. Multiple awards are anticipated and will be made on an as needed basis. See County list in the Instructions to Offerors section of the solicitation. All responsible sources must submit a proposal to be considered by VA. VA will only consider proposals from offerors who are licensed by their respective States and who are Medicaid qualified. Placements will be made in contract nursing home facilities based on availability of facilities and the desires of the veterans and their respective families. oncerning this announcement should be directed to the Chara Collins, Contracting Officer, at the following e-mail address: Chara.Collins@va.gov. Please include the solicitation number (36C263-20-R-0126 0003) and Nursing Home name and location in the subject line. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO 23) 316 Robert Street. North, St. Paul, MN 55101. The following documents are attached to this announcement: 36C26320R0126 0003 – Amended Medicaid Nursing Home Solicitation Attachment 1: Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) Attachment 2: Wage Determination for 2022 Attachment 3: RUGs IV and III Description Attachment 4: Medicaid Pricing Schedule Instructions and State Schedules (each IDIQ will only have one of these attached to final IDIQ) 4a: Illinois Medicaid Pricing Schedule 4b: Iowa Medicaid Pricing Schedule 4c: Minnesota Medicaid Pricing Schedule 4d: Nebraska Medicaid Pricing Schedule 4e: North Dakota Medicaid Pricing Schedule 4f: South Dakota Medicaid Pricing Schedule