Ground Ambulance Transport Sioux Falls VA Health Care System

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No phone calls please. Please send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time.
This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing services per this notice under NAICS 621910 (Ambulance Services). Small business size standard is $15 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is V225 (Ambulance Service).
BACKGROUND:
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.
Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/Services Branch, Sioux Falls, SD, is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers.Â
Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense.
Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are small business sources capable of providing Ground Ambulance Transport services for Sioux Falls VA Health Care System.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:
This is a contract for the provision of ambulance transport services. The Contractor shall pick up patients from designated locations and transport to designated location per direction of the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System. The contractor shall furnish emergency and non-emergency ambulance service for the beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2501 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105.
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:
Sioux Falls VA Health Care System
2501 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS:
All work would be performed in accordance with any applicable US Department of Transportation or OSHA regulations, as well as applicable SD State EMS Codified Laws and standard industry practice. SD State EMS Codified Laws can be accessed at: http://doh.sd.gov/providers/ruralhealth/EMS/laws.aspx
REQUIRED STATE LICENSURE:
Contractor would provide a copy of licensure from South Dakota Department of Health at http://doh.sd.gov/providers/ruralhealth/EMS/AmbulanceService.aspx at time of award. Contractor shall have competency in Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS).
SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES:
Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 10:00am Central Standard Time (CST), 03-15-2019 to:
Doug Reed
Contracting Officer
E-mail: douglas.reed3@va.gov
Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list:
Name of offeror
Address of offeror
DUNS Number of offeror
Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror
Type of small business (small business, service disabled veteran owned small business [SDVOSB], or veteran owned small business [VOSB]) that offeror is; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through Vet Biz at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov.
Contractor shall provide a copy of South Dakota state licensure for ambulance services or offeror shall provide copy of documentation from current state and ability to obtain reciprocal certification from South Dakota..