Emergency Ambulance Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 12), Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) Southern Tier in North Chicago, IL anticipates the award of a Firm Fixed Price contract for Emergency Ambulance Services to be performed in accordance with statement of work at location(s) within statement of work; to include the provision of all personnel, equipment, and materials necessary to provide for emergent, basic and advanced life support ambulance service, twenty four (24) hours per day, 365 days per year, on an as needed basis. Transportation may include, but is not limited to, one-way trips between FHCC campus buildings to FHCC Emergency Department, and FHCC to affiliated hospitals. Contractor should have the capability to provide a critical care level of service, including respiratory ventilator transport, on-staff nurse or equivalent, and all associated labor, equipment, and supplies necessary to assure patient safety in the process. The award will be made to the responsible company who submits the most advantageous quote to the Government based on price related factors only. The contract period is for one year from effective date of award through twelve months from date of award.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 621910. To be considered a small business under this NAICS code the SBA size standard must not exceed $14.0 Million. The Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation (VA69D-14-Q-0860) will be issued on or about May 5, 2014. All information for this solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Potential bidders MUST register at FedBizOpps www.fedbizopps.gov in order to receive notifications and/or changes to the solicitation. Potential bidders are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps website. All interested parties MUST be registered in the SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

The Contract Specialist for this procurement is Ms. Beatrice Cogswell, beatrice.cogswell@va.gov

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