R602--Medical Courier Services

SOLICITATION

The Veterans Healthcare System of The Ozarks (VHSO) located in Fayetteville, Arkansas has a requirement for medical courier services.

This is a 100% service-disabled, veteran-owned, small business set-aside (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 492110, with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees. All interested parties must be registered at https://www.vetbiz.va.gov and in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov as of the date of quote submission and, date of award. All responsible SDVOSBs may submit a quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

Interested parties must submit all questions concerning the solicitation, in writing, via email to james.hunt2@va.gov, to be received no later than 2:00PM, Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered.

As indicated on the cover page, all quotes must include the following to be considered for award:

- Contractor s business name (as registered in SAM);

- Contractor s address (as registered in SAM);

- Contractor s DUNS number (as registered in SAM);

- Point of Contact (POC) Name;

- POC phone number;

- POC email address;

- Completed Price Schedule (Solicitation Section B.1);

- Completed Contract Clause 852.219-77 Certification (Solicitation Section C.9)

- Completed Offeror Representations and Certifications (Solicitation Section E.7);

- Completed Technical Capability Questionnaire (Solicitation Exhibit A)

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

The Veterans Healthcare System of The Ozarks (VHSO) has a requirement for commercial courier services for the main campus located in Fayetteville, AR, and its Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Ft. Smith, AR; Ozark, AR; Harrison, AR; Jay, OK; Springfield, MO; Joplin, MO; and Branson, MO; with additional trips to Little Rock, AR and DFI Technologies Inc. in Greenland, AR, a suburb of Fayetteville, AR.

Items to be transported include lab specimens; clean/soiled small medical instruments; bottled (pressurized) medical gases; patient and general paperwork, records, and files; x-ray films; prescription medications; medium packages; mail; small (handheld) medical equipment items; general office supplies; and small amounts of clean linen and medical supplies.

This is a pre-solicitation notice only. Interested parties should watch for the issuance of the solicitation and associated documents on or about November 8, 2021, which will contain the specific instructions and work requirements.

The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under NAICS code 492110, with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees. All interested parties must be listed in the VA s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ as of the date of their quote and, be listed in VIP and registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov, as of the date of award. Award WILL NOT be delayed to allow time for registration

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice only. No pricing is being requested at this time. Please monitor this website for issuance of the actual solicitation to download the associated solicitation documents.