R602- Courier Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs is procuring courier services for Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, with responses due September 11, 2026, at 10 a.m. Central Daylight Time. This is a 100 percent Total Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set-aside, restricting competition to SDVOSB firms. The RFQ is issued as solicitation 36C25626Q1133 under FAR Part 12 for commercial items.

Place of performance is New Orleans, Louisiana (2400 Canal Street, with subordinate Community-Based Outpatient Clinic routes in Baton Rouge, Hammond, Slidell, and St. John). The contract is a firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity agreement covering the period October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2030, with a possible six-month extension. Service includes daily laboratory specimen and medical instrument pickups and deliveries; urgent local deliveries in New Orleans require pickup within 40 minutes and delivery within 15 minutes, while CBOC deliveries require pickup within 60 minutes and delivery within 30 minutes. All contractor vehicles must be registered in Louisiana with comprehensive automobile liability insurance. Drivers must hold valid Louisiana driver's licenses and complete training in safe transport of infectious and diagnostic specimens per 49 CFR 172 Subpart H. The Government provides all equipment including coolers and totes.

Offerors must demonstrate five years of prime contractor courier services experience within the last eight years under their current legal entity; experience of key personnel or subcontractors does not satisfy this requirement. Comparable transportation and logistics experience is acceptable if it demonstrates capability to perform courier services of similar scope and complexity. Offerors must submit signed Limitations on Subcontracting certification and Relevant Experience Form with quotations. The applicable NAICS code is 492110 (Couriers and Express Delivery Services). Service Contract Act prevailing wage determinations apply. Questions were due August 25, 2026. All quotes must be submitted electronically to veronica.maskell@va.gov; phone calls are not accepted.