Seattle Ground Ambulance/911 Services - Full and Open Est. POP: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020

PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION





The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 20 (NCO20) 5115 NE 82nd Ave, Suite 102, Vancouver, WA 98662, is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice for Scheduled Ground and 911 Ambulance Services at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.



THE WORK CONSISTS OF:



Services shall be provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The Contractor shall provide all vehicles, personnel, management, supplies, transportation, equipment and reports necessary for all ambulance services.



Contractor shall be required to respond to emergent (911) calls from American Lake (8 minutes response time) and non-emergent (30-minute response time) ground ambulance services;

Contractor will be required to respond to requests to VAPSHCS and CBOC locations within 30 minutes for non-emergent; or as scheduled in advance by VA Travel staff.

Ground ambulance services are needed for eligible beneficiaries of the VAPSHCS. Services must be available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, including all holidays.



The Contractor shall furnish all necessary personnel and equipment to provide ground ambulance services as requested to/from all locations:



Puget Sound HCS 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108

American Lake, VAMC 9600 Veterans Drive, Tacoma, WA 98493

Bremerton CBOC 925 Adele Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98312

Mount Vernon CBOC 307 S. 13th St., Suite 200, Mount Vernon, WA 98274

North Olympic Peninsula 1114 Georgiana St Port Angeles, WA 98362

South Sound CBOC 151 NE Hampe Way, Chehalis, WA 98532

Valor CBOC Bellevue 13033 Bel-Red Road Suite 210, Bellevue, WA 98005

Valor CBOC North Seattle 12360 Lake City Way NE, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98125





3. Upon the request of the VAPSHCS and based on the condition and needs of the patient, the Contractor will provide Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Critical Care Transport (CCT) ambulance transports of patients to designated locations. The Contractor may be required to transport patients to another facility for treatment or tests, wait while patient is receiving said treatment or test, and transport that same patient to a pre-determined destination.





The solicitation, specifications and other attachments will be available for download on FedBizOpps (FBO) (http://www.fbo.gov) on or about 4 December 2017, with an anticipated proposal due date of 13 December 2017.



In order to view these documents, prospective offerors are required to sel- register their firm with FBO (Go to http://www.fbo.gov and Register Now under Vendor / Citizens ). Registrants are responsible for the accuracy of the information on the registration list.



The anticipated award date is 28 December 2017. The period of performance of the resulting contract will start on or about 1 January 2018 and will require completion no later than 30 June 2020.



The award will be made based on the lowest evaluated price of proposal meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors of Recent or Relevant Experience, Capabilities and Past Performance.



This procurement is for full and open competition. The applicable NAICS code is 621910 (Ambulance Services) with a Small Business Size Standard of $15 Million. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by NCO20.