Q999-- VISN16 Home Oxygen (VA-22-00028130)

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The Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16), intends to issue solicitation no. 36C25622R0128, for Home Oxygen Services, for multiple VA locations within the VISN 16 geographic area. The following VA VISN 16 locations, their associated outpatient clinics, and their entire patient care catchment areas, will be included in the resultant contract:

1) Alexandria VA Health Care System Alexandria, LA

2) Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Biloxi, MS

3) Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston, TX

4) Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans, LA

5) Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Shreveport, LA

In accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), the Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to provide home oxygen equipment and services as defined in this PWS.

The acquisition of Home Oxygen services is being initiated to provide Home Oxygen services to Veteran beneficiaries serviced by VISN 16, 365 days a year, including holidays. VISN 16 does not have the capacity to provide these services, so a contract is being sought for the provision of home oxygen and all associated products and services.

All services shall be performed in the veteran's place of residence. The area of service shall be all patients serviced by the above locations within VISN 16. The contractor shall service any patients that are treated at any of these facilities and all associated Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), supported therein (Clinic of Jurisdiction/Primary Services Area COJ/PSA, regardless of their physical location. Contractors shall have a facility or resources physically located in the geographic area in which they shall provide service. The geographical boundaries described herein have been determined as the areas of responsibility for each local VA Medical Centers.

The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price (FFP) Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) type, for a base period of one (1) year, plus four (4) year option period. The solicitation will be issued on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website (https://www.fbo.gov) on/about September 12, 2022. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 621610, Small Business Size Standard $16.5 Million. Contract award will be based upon the tradeoff process in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 15.101-1.

This procurement is 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns. In order to be considered for award, prospective Offerors are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.11 they shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications in SAM prior to award of a contract. SAM is located at http://www.sam.gov and consolidated the capabilities of CCR/FedReg, ORCA, and EPLS. There is NO cost to use SAM.

Offerors must be certified by the Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) at the time they present a proposal. Any proposal received from an entity not certified by the CVE as an SDVOSB will be considered as non-responsive to the requirements of the solicitation and will not be considered.

This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for submission of proposals. No specific response to this pre-solicitation notice is required at this time. No potential offeror list is maintained. All potential offerors should register with Federal Business Opportunities if interested in this acquisition. No additional information is available other than what is noted herein. Firms are instructed not to call requesting additional information, and to monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website for the actual posting of the solicitation package.