To further leverage the collective capabilities of the pre-established teams for requirements that might not traditionally be conducive to set-asides (those requiring highly unique skillsets or those that would result in a small business not complying with Subcontract limitation requirements), the Government is proposing the inclusion of an unrestricted pool under the next version of IHT, that includes one or more team key partners (from established teams) as unrestricted prime contractors to respond to unrestricted task orders using the existing team partners. The vision is to have the integrated team with multiple prime contractors—one SDVOSB VITAL competing on set-aside task order requirements, and one (or more) unrestricted Prime contractors (with one unrestricted proposal per team on unrestricted task order competitions).
On May 1, 2023, VHA released a Request for Information, “VHA Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 RFI 36C10X23R0032”, where challenges were shared, and feedback solicited. Based upon that industry feedback and other stakeholder input the Government intends for the upcoming IHT2 Solicitation to include a process by which two pools of awardees are established.
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