Q702--Audiology Health Technician Service - MPLS PoP 3/12/2025-3/11/2026 4

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 23, is seeking Audiology Health Technician Services for the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and Twin Ports Community-Based Outpatient Clinic. The solicitation requires a contractor to provide a minimum of five qualified Audiology Health Technicians to perform services including hearing aid education, maintenance, repairs, data management, and cerumen management. Evaluation criteria will be weighted with Technical Excellence as the most important factor, followed by Past Performance, and then Price, using a best-value approach. The solicitation (Number 36C26325R0004) has a proposal due date of November 8, 2024, at 11:00 AM Central Standard Time. Contractors will be evaluated on personnel qualifications, clinical experience, management capabilities, and relevant past performance from federal and commercial contracts within the past three years.

This procurement is exclusively set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 541990 and a size standard of $10 million. The contract period consists of a base year from March 12, 2025, to March 11, 2026, with four potential one-year option periods, totaling potentially five years of service. The estimated total contract hours are 52,000 for the base and option periods, with an estimated 10,400 hours per year. Performance will take place at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center located at 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417. Contractors must comply with extensive VA requirements, including cybersecurity training, background investigations, immigration verification, and organizational conflict of interest disclosures. The government will utilize a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan to monitor and rate contractor performance across multiple critical metrics.