Lodging Services - Grand Island Base Year: 3/1/2017 - 2/28/2018 +4

The Sioux Falls contracting office, NCO 23 intends to solicit, compete, and award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract for lodging services. This will be a Firm-Fixed price contract with a Period of Performance beginning on or around 1 March 2017 through 28 February 2022. The acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, FAR Part 13, Simplified Procedures, and FAR Part 37, Service Contracting. The Request for Quote (RFQ) and all related attachments will be posted in Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), website, http://www.fedbizops.com on or around16 February 2017. This will be a total small business set-aside solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 721110 with a size standard of $32.5 million.

Description of requirement: To provide lodging service for eligible veterans and beneficiaries who may have to travel long distances for evaluation the day before or the day after treatment at the Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System or Community Living Center and Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).

This contract will have 10 line items, two (2) for the base year and two (2) for each option year thereafter.

A description of the procedures to be used in awarding the contract are: Request for Quote with anticipated award date of 1 March 2017.

The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained within the solicitation package. Once the solicitation is posed, it is imperative that interested parties review the website frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. Contractors submitting a proposal must have a Cage Code and be registered in the System of Award management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov. Registration requires applicants to have a DUNS number from Dunn & Bradstreet. The contracting office for this requirement is the Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office 23 (NCO 23) 2501 W. 22nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57105. Please submit any questions regarding this acquisition to the referenced point of contact (POC): Contract Specialist, Paula Moore at paula.moore2@va.gov.