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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

1100 Tunnel Road

Asheville NC

COUNTRY

CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist James Risbon james.risbon@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

#2 Dyed Offroad Diesel Fuel Pre-Solicitation Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 06, Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC, 28805, intends to solicit proposals from contractors in the Open Market to procure #2 Dyed Diesel Fuel (See Below), using a 100% Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Business set aside via Firm-Fixed Price contract as the procurement method.

The Department of Veterans Affairs anticipates issuing an open and continuous solicitation for this requirement on or about March 22, 2024. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the proposal submission process. Quotes will be accepted for a seven (7) day period commencing with the issuance date of the solicitation. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from that website, and no hard copies will be made available.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and VetBiz database if applicable (VetBiz registration is required for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses) under the applicable NAICS. Contractors may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov and Veteran Certification information at veterans.certify.sba.gov. The vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management database to be eligible for an award. Registration is free, and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the SAM website as no contract can be awarded to any offeror not registered in SAM. The VA will only consider proposals from contractors registered as mentioned above and not on the Excluded Parties List.

NAICS Code is 324110 (Petroleum Refineries) with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,500 Employees. The solicitation will be issued for Open-Market. One award is expected to be made. All responsible sources may submit quotes to be considered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The supplies are to be delivered to:

Department of Veterans Affairs Charles George VA Medical Center 1100 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805

Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to James Risbon at james.risbon@va.gov; please ensure that the subject line includes: 36C24624Q0511 – Diesel Fuel for the Asheville VAMC. Please provide documentation that your company is an authorized distributor for those items for any items that you provide. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted.

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