Subject: Non-personal services on behalf of The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO)  

SOL#:W81K04-22-Q-IPAP

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This is not a Solicitation, (i.e. Request for Proposal, Request for Quote, or Invitation for Bid), or an indication that the Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO) will contract for the services contained in this notice. This notice is part of a government market research effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract. Responses to this notice are strictly voluntary and the government will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this notice. Responses will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov, at a later date and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from any response to this announcement. This Sources Sought Notice does not restrict the Government's acquisition approach on a future solicitation.

RESPONSES: Respondents to this notice should describe their interest and ability to perform the requirement summarized within this notice by providing a capability statement and any concerns, comments or recommendations you may have with the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) citing the specific PWS paragraph numbers for reference. Responses are to contain (1) University Name, (2) Address, (3) Point(s) of Contact, Phone Number, email, (4) CAGE Code and (5) capability statement specific to the requirements of the DRAFT PWS. Responses should be formatted as either MSWord (.doc) or Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) and should be limited to a maximum of five (5) pages. Proprietary Sensitive information (appropriately marked) will be protected from disclosure to the greatest extent practical, however it is preferred that respondents do not provide proprietary or otherwise restricted responses. Responses should be submitted to the contracting officer at [email protected] and the contract specialist [email protected] no later than 4:00 pm Central Time, Tuesday, December 08, 2020. No faxes, courier delivered, or telephone inquiries/submissions will be accepted.

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: This requirement is to provide university affiliation services for program coordination and administrative support services necessary to award a Bachelor of Science to students who successfully complete Phase I of the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) and a Master of Science Physician Assistant Studies to students who successfully compete both Phase I and Phase II of the IPAP training. The contractor shall provide services, materials, and qualified personnel necessary to award a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science Physician Assistant Studies as stated in the PWS. The government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers (CSP) shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn is responsible to the government.
    
   ATTACHED DOCUMENT: DRAFT PWS – MEDCoE - IPAP
   POINT OF CONTACT: Laura Applewhite, (210) 221-4192, [email protected]  and Miranda N. Melvin, Contract Specialist, (210) 221-4226, [email protected]