INTRODUCTION The United States Army Health Care Activity, Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO) is issuing this request for Information (RFI) as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the OTSG/US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), Clinical Support Program Office (C-SPO), Patient Administration Division (PAD) and DES Program Office at the Defense Health Headquarters (DHHQ), Falls Church, Virginia and Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. The resultant contract will assist the U.S. Army MEDCOM DES Program Office in its strategic, operational and tactical analysis, planning, programming, and implementation of the immediate, interim and long-term solutions. The resultant contract supports the C-SPO Directorates and sub-sections, especially DES Program Office, enhance and strengthen their endeavors in supporting the Build Readiness Campaign Objective (CO). The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the Contract Service Providers (CSPs) performing the services herein. Such CSPs shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government. The contractor shall provide all qualified personnel, management, supervision, and materials, with the exception of Paragraph 3.0, Government Furnished Services and Items, necessary to ensure the effective and efficient performance of functions identified throughout this Performance Work Statement (PWS). The contractor shall provide all program support services to include but not limited to OTSG/MEDCOM C-SPO, PAD and DES Program Office. The contractor shall provide all qualified CSPs to support the DES Program Office and the Medical Evaluation Board Tracking Office (MEBTO) in its strategic, operational and tactical analysis, planning, programming and implementation of immediate, interim and long-term solutions. As transfer of functions occur within the directorates, requests will be made to realign CSPs in other directorates to perform functions listed in the PWS. The CSPs will be predominantly located in the DHHQ, Falls Church, Virginia with responsibility to support the C-SPO, PAD and DES Program Office and San Antonio, Texas to support the MEBTO. The CSP will assist the DES Program Office to increase operational capability in the following five areas: 1) enhanced communication; 2) capability building; 3) evidenced-based clinical and business decisions; 4) healthy work environment; and 5) patient advocacy. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL DETERMINE A SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE, IF ANY, ON THE BUSINESSS SIZE. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. DISCLAIMER “THIS RFI IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE SOLICITATION AND SHALL N…