WICHITA/HCHV EMERGENCY HOUSING SERVICES (VA-22-00053279)   4

Background
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been providing direct and specialized services for homeless Veterans for nearly 25 years. The Secretary of the VA has set a zero-tolerance policy for homelessness within the Veteran population. As part of the Plan to End Homelessness among Veterans announced in late 2009, the Veterans Health Administration has been increasing both capacity of existing programs and services offered to program participants. The plan calls for utilizing new models of care not previously offered by VA. This contract will enable the RJDVAMC to engage a community provider to offer homeless Veterans services through a CERS model of residential care.

Work Details
The contractor is required to provide homeless veteran services through a Contracted Emergency Residential Services (CERS) model of residential care at a facility located within 25 miles of the RJDVAMC. The services include providing 25 Bed Days of Care (BDOC) not to exceed 9125 BDOC annually to homeless Veterans as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans will provide ongoing training for program development for both contract providers and VA staff. The Contractor will be evaluated based on the Center’s established evaluation protocol and program fidelity measures.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is one (1) base year with four (4) one-year option periods, from September 27, 2022, to September 26, 2027.

Place of Performance
Services are being solicited for the Wichita, KS VA Medical Center.