Defense Health Agency Medical Q-Coded Services (MQS) Acquisition   2

Defense Health Agency
Medical Q-Coded Services (MQS) Acquisition

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) Contracting Operations Division - San Antonio (COD - SA), hereby provides notice to inform all interested parties of the Medical Q-Coded Services (MQS) Acquisition which is a common sourcing platform that will provide medical services under Product Service Code (PSC) Q for the Military Health System (MHS).

Scope: FTE-based Q-coded services (Q200 to Q500 series) acquired for MTF facilities within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories of Guam and Puerto Rico.

The anticipated MQS Acquisition Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued separately on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website o/a 5 January 2017 with solicitation number HT0050-16-R-0001 and will be competed as a total small business set-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 622110.

Background: DHA and the Military Department (MILDEP) Surgeon's General operate Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) that make up the direct care delivery system. The complement of MTFs include clinics (stand alone, non-bedded facilities), community hospitals, and medical centers with teaching responsibilities, which are staffed by Department of Defense (DoD) military personnel, civilian employees and contract staff. The contract staff includes health care workers in the following broad functional categories supporting inpatient and outpatient facilities:

Physician Services (includes primary and specialty care physicians)
Dental Services (includes dentists, dental specialists, hygienists, assistants and technicians)
Ancillary Services (includes clinical positions other than nursing, physicians, or dental)
Nursing Services (includes Licensed Practical / Vocational Nurses, Registered Nurses, Advance Practice Nurses and other Specialty Nurses)

The MQS Acquisition will consist of functionally segmented (e.g., Physician, Dental, Ancillary, and Nursing), multiple award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Firm Fixed Priced (FFP), Commercial contracts using both personal and non-personal service arrangements. The contracts will have a 5-year ordering period; with no option periods at the contract level (options may be applied at the Task Order level). The MQS Acquisition's common sourcing platform is designed to allow MTFs within each of the MILDEPs (Army, Air Force, and Navy) and DHA to acquire medical and dental staffing services to augment the existing military and civilian staffs at MTFs in a standard, cost effective, and efficient manner.

There are four previous FedBizOpps notices related to this MQS Acquisition pre-solicitation notice. See below:

Industry Day: HT0015MQS072016
RFI #1: HT0014MQSRFI102014
RFI #2: HT0015MQSRFI072015
RFI #3: HT0015MQSRFI042016