6830--Medical Grade Bulk Liquid Oxygen VISN 9 Presolicitation Notice

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE:

VISN 9 MEDICAL GRADE BULK LIQUID OXYGEN

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Midwest Consortium (MIDCON), has established an ongoing requirement which requires a contractor to provide medical liquid bulk oxygen for each of the estimated eight (8) VA Medical Centers throughout the Veteran Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) 9. The contractor shall be responsible for supplying medical grade bulk liquid oxygen and contractor owned bulk oxygen tanks, if required by the facility.

A comprehensive list of actual requirements will be included in the Statement of Work and Schedule of Items within the solicitation package document.

The contract period for this requirement consists of a seven (7) year contract period.

The NAICS code for this procurement is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing and the business size standard for this requirement is 1,000 employees. In Accordance with 38 USC 8127, the proposed contract action is being procured as a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set aside. Any vendor desiring to be considered for award MUST be verified as a SDVOSB in the Vender Information Pages (VIP) database of https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/, both at the time of quotations submittal and at time of award. All responsible SDVOSB sources are encouraged to submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. Any vendor desiring to be considered for award MUST also be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) using this NAICS code or a NAICS code with an equivalent size standard. No award can be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov. In order to register with the SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm or by phone at (866) 969- 8491. This procurement also requires offerors to complete the electronic representations and certifications at the SAM website.

Any resulting contract will be awarded as firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity type contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or around September 2, 2021 at .https://beta.sam.gov. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Each potential quoter is responsible for checking the https://beta.sam.gov website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at https://beta.sam.gov. ***The date quotes are due will be stated within the solicitation documents and will be adjusted based upon the actual release date of the solicitation.*** All questions of any nature regarding this procurement should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Ann Schilli at ann.schilli@va.gov in accordance with the solicitation instructions to Quoters.