R614-- Providence Shredding Services and associated CBOC locations

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PRESOLICITATION NOTICE OF SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.

This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set aside. The limitations of subcontracting, as described in FAR 52.219-14, will apply to any potential contract. If award cannot be made, the solicitation will be cancelled, and the requirement resolicited.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, intends to solicit proposals from contractors to provide shredding services in support of the Providence VAMC, 830 Chalkstone Ave. Providence, RI, 02908-4734 and associated CBOC locations. NAICS Code is 561990 (All Other Support Services) with a Small Business Size Standard of $12.0M. The product/service code is R614. The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about November 1, 2021. Proposals will be accepted for a two-week period commencing with the issuance date of the solicitation. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from that website, and no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the proposal submission process. Prospective Offerors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the Contracting Opportunities website (beta.sam.gov) so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments.

The performance period is for a base year and four option years. This is a pre-solicitation notice synopsizing an upcoming RFQ solicitation to satisfy the requirements of FAR 5.201 and 5.203. All interested parties should register via FEDBIZOPPS interested vendors list. It is the responsibility of the offeror to monitor and download amendments from FebBizOpps which may be issued to this solicitation. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, FAR 2.101, and VAAR 802.101, prospective firms must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov), and in VetBiz (www.vetbiz.gov) databases prior to award. (Note: all vendors claiming Small Business status in accordance with the Veteran's First Contracting Program must be VERIFIED by the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization's Center for Veteran's Enterprise (CVE) prior to receiving an award under the program).