Dental Labs Support

SYNOPSIS:



THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR POTENTIAL OFFERORS. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Please reference Request for Proposal (RFP) number VA-791-13-R-0033. The Department of Veterans Affairs Denver Acquisition & Logistics Center (VA DALC), in support of the Veteran Health Administration, Chief Business Office, is contemplating the issuance of a solicitation for non VA provided dental laboratory support.



OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE:

The objective of this procurement is to award contracts with qualified dental laboratories to support the VA Central Dental Laboratories during times of excess workload. Based on high demand and dental laboratory capabilities multiple awards are anticipated.



CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Denver Acquisition and Logistic Center, 555 Corporate Circle, Golden, CO 80401.



SOLICITATION DETAILS: This procurement is being conducted under the authority of Title 38 U.S.C. Section 8153, Sharing of Health Care Resources. The North American Classification Codes is 339116 and the Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. This is a small business set-aside procurement for any and all qualified, experienced, and knowledgeable small business entity(s) who can meet the requirements. The Government intends to award multiple fixed price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity type contracts, within the limitations set forth in the RFP. The contract period will be from the date of contract award through September 30, 2014, with four one-year options to be exercised at the discretion of the Government.



Solicitation documents will be available electronically in late April 2013 or May of 2013 at the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fbo.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. The anticipated closing date is May 28, 2013 and anticipated award date is September 3, 2013.



The Contract Specialist for this acquisition is Brandon Maness. Offerors interested in responding to this solicitation should provide their email addresses and contact information to Brandon.maness@va.gov. The only terms and conditions that will apply to the solicitation and any resultant contracts shall come from the Contracting Specialist/Officer through the release of the final RFP and any amendments, information received from other than the Contracting Officer to include other VA sources, are not binding on the VA.



NOTE: Effective October 1, 2003, all contractors must be registered through the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) website as an active contractor in order to be eligible to enter into a contract. The CCR website is now part of the System for Award Management (SAM), which is found at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. Please be sure your company is registered at this website. Prospective offerors should complete electronic annual representations and certifications, which is also part of the SAM. Due to the limited time offerors have to respond you are encouraged, but not required, to register in advance.



This announcement is not a request for proposal and does not bind the Government to award any contract.