The Orlando VA Medical Center intends to solicit and award a firm-fixed price contract, for Part-Time Musician in support of Chaplain Services for the Orlando VA Medical Center. The solicitation will be a 100% Set-Aside to Small Business. NAICS: 711130 Small Business Size Standard: $12 Million. 1. Title of Project. Musician for the Orlando VA Health Care System (VAHCS), community event locations, and via telehealth (audio and/or video). 2. Background. VHA recognizes that spiritual and pastoral care must be integrated into the total program of health care provided to veterans and made available to all patients and, in limited circumstances, to their immediate family members (caregivers) who desire such care. Such care often includes the support of music of various types to support spiritual well-being and health of Veterans receiving care and their family members. In accordance with VHA Handbook 1111 (1), Spiritual and Pastoral Care Procedures: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7301, VA provides a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of Veterans. VA includes spiritual and pastoral care as part of this care and treatment for Veterans. The type and extent of spiritual and pastoral care provided must be commensurate with the needs, desires, and voluntary consent of the individual Veteran. VA medical facility Directors are responsible for maintaining a Chaplain Service and sufficient staff employed to ensure that patients diverse spiritual health care needs are met. Clinical chaplains (see definition paragraph 3.b.), as the subject matter experts in spiritual and pastoral care, must be employed at each VA medical facility to develop and implement a program which: - Ensures every patient s constitutional right to free exercise of religion. - Provides opportunities for religious worship, sacramental ministry, pastoral counseling, and clinical pastoral care; and - Protects all Veterans from proselytization (see definition paragraph 3.l.) from any source while in a VA medical facility. Whereas music is a vital part of worship (harp and piano) and is spiritually uplifting to patients and families while inpatient at the medical facility, the Contractor will be schedule to be available, by request, to provide uplifting harp and piano (other instruments with approval) music at various patient care locations in the medical facility.

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