Nursing home care

Added: Nov 04, 2010 9:38 am VA-263-10-RQ-0042 Under Statutory Authority 41 USC 253 (c )(5) and 38 U.S.C. 1720, VISN 23, VA Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD, anticipates entering into sole source acquisition negotiations for placement and services of eligible veterans into three nursing home facilities located as follows: Faulkton Healthcare Center, Faulkton, SD 57438; Good Samaritan Communities of Windom, Windom, MN 56101; and Golden Living Center, Slayton, MN 56172.



This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and the North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) code is 623110 with a size standard of $12.5 million average annual receipts. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document is available.



The Basic Ordering Agreements will be set up for a base year with 4 one-year options. The above authority is cited and justification made based on the determination that the Government’s minimum needs can best be satisfied by services available from one source in a specific area of responsibility. This action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302-5 and under commercial item format prepared in accordance with the format in Federal acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of the notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. Point of Contact for this action is Denise Hill at denise.hill@va.gov