Request for Information - Department of Veterans Affairs Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) Program

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) program is a partnership between the VA and the Department of Defense (DoD) involving medical logistics, medical information management, medical information technology and user communities. The DMLSS mission is to improve responsiveness of medical logistics support by implementing business process innovations that increase the effectiveness of medical logistics support and reduce operating costs. Initially, the DMLSS Performance Work Statement (PWS) section 5.5 (System Support and Integration) and section 5.6 ( VistA Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) Support) were both set to end once Option Period 2 of the DMLSS task order began. This approach was based on the ideal that the DMLSS program would be launched at the VA Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) by October 1, 2019. Due to Government delays the actual launch date for the DMLSS program was post-poned until August 4, 2020. Due to this delay, the VA discovered that support is still needed regarding PWS sections 5.5 and 5.6 for Option Period 2 until such time when the VA is able to hire adequate staff to assume the roles and responsibilities that contracted staff are currently performing. The VA is requesting the Contractor to be fully capable of meeting the requirements of the attached PWS sections 5.5 and 5.6 by October 20, 2020. Please see the attached Draft PWS sections 5.5 and 5.6 for reference.