RFP _040ADV-22_R_0014 _Veterans Administrations Veterans Health ID Card _Offeror of Instruction letter.pdf

U.S. GOVERNMENT

PUBLISHING OFFICE

KEEPING AMERICA INFORMED

Issuance Date: July 1, 2022

Deadline for Receipt of Questions: July 8, 2022, 12:00 pm local time

Request for Proposal Due Date and Time: July 15, 2022, 12:00 pm local time

Estimated Contract Effective Date: August 1, 2022

Subject: Solicitation No. 040ADV-22-R-0014, Request for Proposal (RFP) for Veterans

Administrations Veterans Health ID Card (VHIC)

To All Prospective Offerors, The Government Printing Office (GPO) is soliciting proposals from qualified suppliers interested in providing supplies and material described in Section C of the attached Request for Proposal.

This procurement is conducted under a full and open competition, for which the procedures described in the Materials Management Acquisition Regulation (MMAR) Part 15 “Lowest price technically acceptable” will apply.

GPO anticipates awarding an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Individual orders may be placed on a firm fixed unit price basis, the cumulative value of which will not exceed the maximum defined in the contract (Section B.2). The contract period will be for one base year period with four one-year options. The Government reserves the right to reopen competition to new potential contractors annually. Orders placed against the IDIQ contract will be in accordance with the MMAR. The terms and conditions of the IDIQ contract will be incorporated in any resulting order. Only the Government Publishing Office Contracting Officers may place orders against this contract.

Questions for clarification in response to this solicitation must be submitted to Mrs. Deja Bracey, Contract Specialist via email at dnbracey@gpo.gov and courtesy copy the Contracting Officer, Ms. Dyeshia Sampson at dsampson@gpo.gov with subject line “Questions on 040ADV-22-R-

0014, RFP submitted by [Name of Company]” by the deadline indicated above. If GPO receives substantive questions that affect the solicitation or necessitates changes to the closing date, time, or other aspects of the RFP, GPO will amend this solicitation.

The amendments will be posted on the Government Business Opportunities website at https://www.SAM.gov . Offerors are strongly encouraged to check the SAM.GOV website periodically, as acknowledgement of any such amendments is required to accompany the offeror's proposal.

mailto:dnbracey@gpo.gov mailto:dsampson@gpo.gov https://www.sam.gov/

Proposals received after the closing date and time will be processed as late and handled in accordance with MMAR 15.208(b). Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their proposals are received at GPO by the specified closing date and time.

Issuance of this solicitation neither obligates GPO to award a contract nor does it commit to pay for any costs incurred by the offeror in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Award of a contract will be subject to funds availability following the proper completion of required GPO internal processes and other internal GPO approvals.

V/r, Dyeshia D. Sampson

Supervisory Contracting Officer

U.S. Government Publishing Office