PICC LINE NURSING SERVICES Tennessee Valley Healthcare System 626-17-1-100-0003

Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) facilities, VA Medical Center, 3400 Lebanon Pike, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 and/or VA Medical Center, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212 has a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC) Line Nursing Services requirement for a Registered Nurse (RN) to place extended Dwell Peripheral Catheters. The service shall be available on a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year on an as needed basis. Availability shall be within 4 hours of requested service. Key personnel must need to live within a 50 mile radius in order to satisfy 4 hour on-call response. Service will be provided at either TVHS VA Medical Center facility. The Contractor shall provide personnel in numbers and qualifications capable of fulfilling the requirements of the contract. Award will not be made to contractor involved in complaints of quality of care. North American Industrial Classification Standard (NAICS) code assigned to this project is 621111 with a small business size standard of $11 million. THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SET ASIDE TO SMALL BUSINESS (SB) CONTRACTORS. The number of employees must be reflected correctly in the CCR and Dun and Bradstreet report. The SB owner must work full time for and run the day to day business operation and maintain 100% decision making authority. The Contracting Officer will perform a thorough review of the SB contractor's business status prior to award; any inconsistencies or failure to have the proper certifications may result in disqualification. The SB must be registered in the following websites: www.vip.vetbiz.gov www.ccr.gov https://orca.bpn.gov and https://vets100.vets.dol.gov/ . The SB contractor must be VERIFIED in Vet Biz prior to award of a contract. ORCA must reflect a small business size certification for the NAICS code noted herein. Quoters must ensure their registrations are updated, correct, and have not expired. Do not call the TVHS VA Medical Centers and request an alternate date or time. This solicitation will be posted on or about May 20, 2016 on the Federal Business Opportunities (Fedbizopps) website www.fedbizopps.gov Paper solicitations will not be issued, contractors must obtain solicitation and amendments (if issued) from this website. Quoters are reminded they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging all amendments to the solicitation prior to the time for quote opening. Quotes are due no later than 5:00 PM CT on June 3, 2016 at the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 9 Acquisition Service Center, 1639 Medical Center Parkway, 4th Floor Room 401, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129. NOTE: Quotes should not be sent to the TVHS VA Medical Centers. Award is subject to the availability of funds. Do not contact the TVHS VA Medical Centers for additional information on this requirement. All questions must be in writing and addressed to Sara Vickroy, Contracting Officer. Forward questions by email to sara.vickroy@va.gov or fax 615-849-3789 or mailed to the address noted herein. If faxing questions, please call to confirm receipt. The deadline for receipt of questions is ten days prior to bid opening.