IDIQ Contract Wheel Chair Van Services for the VA Connecticut Healthcare System

The Connecticut Veterans Affairs Healthcare System located at 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT intends to release Solicitation VA-241-12-R-0404 for wheelchair van services. These services will require the contractor to provide wheelchair van Services daily (24 hours, 7days a week) for beneficiaries of the VA. Contractor shall transport patients to or from any pickup point, to or from any floor, ward, nursing home, patient's home, medical center facility, appointment area office or personal belonging that the transporting patients leaving the healthcare facility has (e.g. walkers, shower chairs, wheelchairs, suitcase, luggage, boxes) . Contractor shall use contractor-owned, wheelchairs, liens or any other items required in transporting patient(s) from one place to another. The full solicitation will be posted on FEDBIZOPPS www.fbo.gov on or about July 15, 2012. The solicitation will include two facilities: the New Haven, CT VA Medical Center and the Newington, CT VA Medical Center.



This solicitation is 100% set-aside for total small business. The applicable NAICS code will be 485991 with an applicable small business size standard of $7.0 Million.



Performance period is 365 calendar days after award. This is a pre-solicitation notice synopsizing an upcoming RFQ solicitation to satisfy the requirements of FAR 5.201 and 5.203. All questions should be directed to the Contracting Officer at the email address listed. All interested parties should register via FEDBIZOPPS interested vendors list. It is the responsibility of the offeror to monitor and download amendments from FebBizOpps which may be issued to this solicitation. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, FAR 2.101, and VAAR 802.101, prospective firms must be registered in CCR (www.ccr.gov), ORCA (https://orca.bpn.gov/), and in VetBiz (if applicable) (www.vetbiz.gov) databases prior to award. (Note: all vendors claiming SDVOSB or VOSB status in accordance with the Veteran's First Contracting Program must be VERIFIED by the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization's Center for Veteran's Enterprise (CVE) prior to receiving an award under the program).