Q509--Nephrologist/Inpatient Hemodialysis Services 5 Year Period of Performance (Estimated 6/1/2021 - 5/30/26) Location: Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), 1100 North College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) has a requirement for Hemodialysis Services. Contractor to provide all necessary equipment, personnel, dialysis-specific supplies, and supervision to perform inpatient hemodialysis treatments at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), 1100 North College Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas. This will include all inpatient hemodialysis needs, both acute and/or chronic.

The proposed Contract will be a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The requirements include but are not limited to: Inpatient dialysis services shall utilize contractor resources, contractor owned and maintained equipment, contractor staff, clinical and technical staff and the contractor equipment necessary or required for inpatient dialysis services. The contractor shall provide the services and associated health care in a manner consistent with the clinical needs of the Veteran and extend the same or superior standards of quality care as delivered to the facility s non-VA patients.

The duration of the requirement is anticipated to be a five-year term 06/01/2021 05/30/2026 (using Ordering Periods). The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this acquisition is 621492. The Small Business Size Standard for this acquisition is $41.5M. The solicitation is projected to be issued on or around April 23, 2021.

Potential offerors may obtain a copy of solicitation on-line at https://beta.sam.gov/ Please

hold questions until the actual release of the solicitation. All potential offerors are

encouraged to read over the entire solicitation package including attachments before

submitting questions. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All responsible

offerors are invited to submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. All

interested companies must be registered in SAM (http://www.sam.gov/) to be eligible for

award of government contracts. Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses

(SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must be registered in VETBIZ

(http://vip.vetbiz.gov). It is the responsibility of the offerors to check the website periodically for any amendments/notices to the solicitation. No individual notification of amendments/notices will be provided. SOURCE: https://beta.sam.gov/