Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Services for the VA Montana Health Care System.

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center, 4100 East Mississippi Avenue, Suite 900, Glendale, CO 80246 intends to solicit sources to enter into a firm-fixed price contract for the lease of an indoor horse arena with the use of three horses for the purpose of providing patient centered mental health care in the form of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for veteran beneficiaries of the VA Montana Health Care System. The horse arena must be located within five (5) miles of the Helena, Montana city limits. The solicitation package will be available for download on or about May 22, 2013. Proposals submitted shall be due no later than 4:30 p.m. mountain time on May 29, 2013. The applicable NAICS code is 112920 with a small business size standard of $0.75 million. This solicitation is 100% total set-aside for Small Business. The solicitation reference is VA259-13-R-0467 -- Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Services for the VA Montana Health Care System, and should be referenced in all correspondence/inquiries. All information for this solicitation will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the solicitation will be provided. Any amendments to this solicitation will be available at this website and offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to this solicitation at this website prior to the time of responding to the solicitation. Any questions pertaining to the solicitation must be submitted to the contracting officer, in writing no later than 4:30 PM Mountain Time on Friday, May 24, 2013, at either Pamela.Barnes@va.gov or the physical address listed herein to be considered for a response.