36C24226Q0188.docx

Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

(Albany, Bath, Buffalo, Canandaigua, Syracuse)

113 Holland Ave

Albany NY

CONTACT INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468-3904

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Tiffany Vazquez-Simon tiffany.vazquez-simon@va.gov 914-737-4400

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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE.

1. Important: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.1- Presolicitation in preparation for release of the Request for Quote (RFQ) at a later date.

2. Point of Contact: Tiffany Vazquez-Simon, Contract Speicalist, NCO 2, tiffany.vazquez-simon@va.gov.

Contracting Office Address: James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center 130 W. Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10468.

Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to the Contract Specialist Tiffany Vazquez-Simon via email at tiffany.vazquez-simon@va.gov. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted. No documents or further information is available at this time. Please visit this site regularly for further information on this opportunity.

3. Set-asides: None.

4. Codes for services or supplies:

NAICS Code: 561613 Armored Car Services PSC Code: V127 – Transpiration: Security Vehicle

5. Description: This is a new requirement for armored car services. The contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, transportation (armored car vehicles), labor (armed professional guards) and other items and services necessary to perform the driving, pick-up and delivery of cash and other monetary documents (i.e. checks orders for change, etc.) throughout the VISN 2 Upstate sites.

6. Place of Performance: VA VISN 2 – Throughout the Upstate VA Medical Centers.

a. Albany VAMC 113 Holland Ave Albany, NY 12208

b. Bath VAMC 76 Veterans Avenue Bath, NY 14810

c. Buffalo VAMC 3495 Bailey Ave Buffalo, NY 14215

d. Canandaigua VAMC 400 Fort Hill Ave Canandaigua, NY 14424

e. Syracuse VAMC 800 Irving Ave Syracuse, NY 13210

7. Period of Performance: Estimated January 06, 2026 – January 05, 2027, with the provision of four (4) option years.

a. The RFQ is planned to be issued on or about December 08, 2025.

b. The offer due date is tentatively planned for December 15, 2025.

c. The anticipated award date is January 5, 2026.

d. The planned procurement method is Unrestricted - Full and Open Competition.

e. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, bid, or proposal, as appropriate, which will be considered by the agency.

f. The resulting contract is planned to be a single award firm-fixed-price contract.

g. In accordance with FAR 12.203(c)(2), the quotes will undergo a comparative evaluation to determine which quotes are the best overall value to the government. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

8. The solicitation reference is 36C24226Q0188.

9. THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Offerors can view and/or download the RFQ and attachments at www.SAM.gov when the RFQ is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at SAM.GOV. This will be the only method of amendment distribution; therefore, it is the offerors’ responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation.

10. Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on System for Award Management (SAM) www.SAM.gov. Prospective Offerors must also be registered in SAM at the time of submission of quotes in order to participate in this procurement.

The VA VISN 2 is seeking to award a firm fixed price contract for armored car services. The contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, transportation (armored car vehicles), labor (armed professional guards) and other items and services necessary to perform the driving, pick-up and delivery of cash and other monetary documents (i.e. checks orders for change, etc.) throughout the VISN 2 Upstate sites.

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