Patient Travel Taxi

This is a pre-solicitation notice for Department of Veteran's Affairs, NCO 1, to obtain Taxi Services for the VA Rhode Island Health Care System. The services performed must meet the qualifications in accordance with (IAW) all applicable Department of Veteran Affairs (DOVA) regulations and policies. The contract start date is anticipated to be 1 April 2016 with a base year, 4 one year options, and one 6-month optional extension of services. The North American Industrial Classification System Code is 485310 and size standard of $15.0M. The entire solicitation will be made available only on the Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov on approximately 2 February 2016. No paper copies will be issued. Award will be made based on Best Value. The contractor's proposal shall include a price section, a past-performance section, and a technical section, and must conform to the instructions contained within each section. All non-price factors will be evaluated on a grading scale provided in the upcoming RFP. Each CLIN in the pricing proposal must be priced. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. If the Government decides to award with discussions, you will be notified as soon as possible, and asked to provide additional information. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). This is a 100% Small Business (SB) Set-Aside. All responsible SBs may submit a proposal to be considered. Additionally, the Government will not reimburse any interested parties for monies spent to provide a response to the subsequent solicitation notice. Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to Stacy Dion at stacy.dion@va.gov.