Fire Protection Services contract

VA Illiana Health Care System, 1900 East Main Street, Danville, IL intends to award a contract for fire protection services to the City of Danville, Illinois. VA expects to award the contract by March 31, 2012. Contractor is required to respond to all emergency calls and fire alarms, provide 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week and 365 days per year coverage. Space is not available for purposes of creating a small protection service on site. The resulting contract will be for a base year with four (4) option years. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within fourteen days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. The solicitation will be available at www.fbo.gov on or before March 8,2012. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All requests must be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing by mail, e-mail, or fax 217-554-3206.