PAP New Issue TIERED EVALUATIONS

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR POTENTIAL OFFERORS. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR OFFERS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Please reference Request for Proposal (RFP) number 36C79119R0009.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Commodities & Services Acquisition Service (CSAS), 555 Corporate Circle, Golden, CO 80401, intends to solicit for offers from qualified and experienced vendors with Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) devices and associated accessories/replacement parts, facial interfaces and mask liners for the VA Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) to supply VA Medical Facilities. The solicitation is considered set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns but with a tiered or cascading order of precedence limited to SDVOSB, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), and SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

VA's purpose under this solicitation and subsequent contract (s) is to obtain PAP technologies while securing a continuous supply of products to support usage of these technologies in VA clinical programs such as Sleep Medicine, Respiratory Care, and others. These items are purchased by the VA CSAS and Denver Logistics Center (DLC)/Service and Distribution Center (SDC) for stocking and distribution and assignment to individual VA medical facilities and subsequent issue to Veteran patients.

The North American Classification Code is 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing with a Small Business Size Standard of 750 employees. The objective is to award multiple firm fixed price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts. The IDIQ contracts will be five-year contracts consisting of a 12-month base period and four (4) 12-month option periods. Option periods will or will not be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government.

The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about July 12th, 2019. Proposals will be accepted for 30 days commencing with the issuance date of the solicitation. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments and attachments) from the FedBizOpps website (https://www.fbo.gov), as no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide instructions to offerors about the proposal submission process. Prospective offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the FedBizOpps website so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) and in VetBiz database if applicable (VetBiz registration is required for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses) under the applicable NAICS. Contractors may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov and Vet Biz information at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov. To be eligible for award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management database. Registration is free and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the SAM website as no contracts can be awarded to any offeror not registered in SAM.

Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to the Contracting Officer (CO) Miguel Vasquez miguel.vasquez@va.gov or the Contract Specialist (CS) Steve Wilson Steve.Wilson4@va.gov. Offerors interested in responding to this solicitation should provide their email addresses and contact information to the CO and CS above.

This announcement is not a request for proposal and does not bind the Government to award any contract.