NOI - Pediatric Ambulance Services - Sole Source

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) 6.302-1-Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements to Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter, 601 Childrens Lane, Norfolk, VA 23507 for Pediatric Ambulance Services that consists of non-personal pediatric ambulance transport services for Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA including both pediatric/neonatal (neonatal is defined as infants under twenty-eight (28) days old) critical and non-critical neonatal transports. Services shall include all necessary personnel, ambulances, equipment and supplies, and travel. Transports shall be provided within a seventy-five (75) mile radius of NMC Portsmouth.

Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter is the only source qualified to provide pediatric critical care transport to include both pediatric and neonatal critical care transport in the state of Virginia within the seventy-five (75) mile radius of NMC Portsmouth, VA.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement; however, if a vendor challenges the basis for this requirement, please submit a capability statement that includes sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to submit a product meeting the minimum requirements specified above. Capability statements shall not exceed 5 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font size no smaller than 10-point.  All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government.  A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response.  A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source procurement.

Capability statements are due by 4:00 P.M. EST, 7 September 2023.  Capability statements shall be submitted by email ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Christine Russman, christine.l.russman.civ@health.gov. No phone calls will be accepted.