6515--home oxygen

Subject: SPECIAL NOTICE 36C24822Q0101

Description: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 8, intends to issue a Fixed Priced contract under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting from a single source. Award is anticipated to occur on or about October 29th, 2022 to Medics Div of P K Industries, CORP. The period of performance will be for four months after issuance of the notice to proceed.

This requirement includes home oxygen services and invasive/noninvasive ventilation for approximately 300 veterans at the VA Caribbean Healthcare Systems San Juan, PR. The service area will cover the following: Puerto Rico including municipalities in Vieques and Culebra as well as Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St John and St. Croix. All services shall be performed in the veteran's place of residence or in a nursing home housing the veteran.

NCO 8 intends to non-competitively award this requirement to Medics Div of P K Industries, CORP since time is of the essence as the current contract is set to expire on October 31, 2021. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B) one responsible source can be used to avoid unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency s requirements. As a result, any contractor other than Medics Div of P K Industries, CORP that would provide home oxygen services and invasive/noninvasive ventilation to the facility would unintentionally cause a delay in patient care. Unnecessary delays cannot be endured.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 532283 with the size standard of $35 Million. The applicable Product Service Code is 6515. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. However, all responsible sources may submit an offer and technical capabilities/narrative that proves by clear and convincing evidence that a similar navigation device is available that will provide sufficient home oxygen services and invasive/noninvasive ventilation for the facility. If said OFFER and technical capabilities/narrative is received within one calendar day of publication of this notice, the narrative will be considered by NCO 8. All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the email address shown below. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will generally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8

13800 Veterans Way

Orlando, FL 32837

Government Point of Contact: Norbert Reed III

Contract Specialist norbert.reed@va.gov