Home Oxygen Services

PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS

HOME OXYGEN SERVICES

VA MEDICAL CENTER - ERIE, PA



This is a pre-solicitation notice synopsizing the upcoming release of a request for proposal (RFP) solicitation for a services contract. NO RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS IS REQUIRED. The VA Medical Center located in Erie, PA will be issuing a solicitation for the provision of Home Oxygen Services for the veteran beneficiaries of the Erie VA Medical Center (Erie VAMC).



The Home Oxygen Services are considered to be commercial services and will generally consist of providing rental oxygen equipment, delivery, set-up, education, pick-up, cleaning, preventive maintenance, and storage of equipment. All Home Oxygen Services shall be provided in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. Home Oxygen Services will be provided in the veteran's residence within the Erie VAMC's service area. Counties serviced by the Erie VAMC include, but are not limited to the following:



Pennsylvania: Erie, Crawford, Forrest, McKean, Mercer, Venango, and Warren



Ohio: Ashtabula



New York: Chautauqua and Cattaraugus



This acquisition will be totally set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business competition under NAICS code 532291, Home Health Equipment Rental. The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) size standard for this NAICS code is $32.5 million.



The Government intends to award a single requirements contract with fixed pricing for one base year plus four, 12-month option periods.



The targeted RFP release date is on or about October 25, 2014. The targeted start date for the provision of Home Oxygen Services is January 1, 2015.