J025--Lift Truck and Handling Equipment PMI - Solicitation - 5 Year Contract Opportunity - VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Amendment 1

This Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 amends a solicitation for a five-year contract to provide lift truck and material handling equipment preventative maintenance and inspection services at multiple VA medical centers. The amendment corrects the equipment location chart in the statement of work, listing details of various lift trucks and pallet jacks located at the Loma Linda, Redlands 1, and Redlands 2 VA facilities that will require maintenance under the contract.

The purpose of the Special Notice is to provide an opportunity for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses to bid on a five-year contract to perform preventative maintenance and inspections on lift trucks and material handling equipment at several VA medical centers. Interested contractors must submit bids by December 14, 2023 and meet the set-aside criteria of being a service-disabled veteran-owned small business to be eligible. The maintenance and inspection services will cover electric and propane forklifts, electric pallet jacks, a scissor lift, and a tow tractor, commencing in 2023, in order to keep this essential equipment properly functioning at the listed VA facilities.