Autopsy Services - TBD - 554 April 01, 2016 through March 31, 2017

This is a pre-solicitation notice for The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center (RMAC), to obtain (1) Autopsy Assistant, (2) Human Tissue Pick-up and (3) Disposal Services for the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. The services performed must meet the qualifications in accordance with (IAW) all applicable Department of Veteran Affairs (DOVA) regulations and policies. The contract start date is anticipated to be 01 April 2016 with a base year, 4 one year options, and one 6-month optional extension of services. The North American Industrial Classification System Code is 621511 and size standard of $30.0M. The entire solicitation will be made available only on the Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov on or about 15 February 2016. No paper copies will be issued. Award will be made based on Best Value utilizing tradeoffs. All non-price factors will be evaluated on a grading scale provided in the upcoming RFP. Each CLIN in the pricing proposal must be priced. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. If the Government decides to award with discussions, you will be notified as soon as possible, and asked to provide additional information. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). This is a 100% Small Business (SB) Set-Aside. All responsible SBs may submit a proposal to be considered. Any offeror claiming Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB) status must be registered in the VA Center for Evaluation and Certification (CVE) database (www.vetbiz.gov) at the time of award. Additionally, the Government will not reimburse any interested parties for monies spent to provide a response to the subsequent solicitation notice. Questions regarding the actual solicitation should be submitted after it is posted. Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to Claudia Coria at Claudia.Coria@va.gov.