R602--Amend to respond to inqueries and to extend deadline to 3/18

This solicitation seeks courier services for laboratory specimen and supply transportation between facilities in the Dallas, Texas area for the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 17. Services include daily pickup and delivery routes between eight community-based outpatient clinics and the Dallas VA Medical Center, as well as intermittent routes to a medical school campus. Transportation must be provided in temperature-controlled vehicles using monitoring devices and coolers, with drivers having spill cleanup training. The base period of performance is one year with four optional one-year extensions. Responses were due by March 18, 2020. Evaluation will be based on price and technical factors.

This requirement has been set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The NAICS code is 484220 and PSC code is Q002. The place of performance is the Dallas VA Medical Center campus. The estimated total value including options is $2 million to be paid as a fixed price for recurring daily and intermittent transportation segments over the five-year ordering period.