Sensitive document shredding services pvahcs, savahcs, navahcs

Synopsis:

This announcement serves as a Pre-Solicitation Notice Only and Not a solicitation. The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) Office of Acquisitions, intends to issue a solicitation to seek a vendor who can provide Sensitive Document Shredding Services at the Phoenix, Tucson, and Prescott VA Health Care System and surrounding Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC), all located in the State of Arizona. This is NOT a request for proposals, and is NOT an authorization to begin work, and does NOT commit the Government to purchase any services. No entitlement to payment by the Government of direct or indirect costs or charges will arise as a result of any responses to this notice.

The associated stations (Phoenix, Tucson, and Prescott) are seeking a qualified contractor that can provide confidential document shredding. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561990 and any resulting solicitation will be a Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside. No hard copies of the solicitation will be issued by this contracting office. All interested parties can view, download, and print a copy of the solicitation and any resulting amendments upon their posting to the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.fbo.gov; the solicitation number will be 36C25819Q0336. It is the contractors' responsibility to monitor the Government Wide Point of Entry (GPE) for the solicitation release and any/all subsequent amendments. All responsible sources may submit a quote in response to the solicitation when it is released. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be issued as a Firm Fixed-Price Award.

The Government anticipates awarding a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with a 100% set aside for SDVOSB as a result of the solicitation. The period of performance for this procurement shall consist of one 1 Base Year and 4 Option Years each consisting of 12 months. The award date (Base Year) will begin on 10/01/019.

It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor the FBO website for the issuance of the RFQ as well as any updates to the solicitation.

All contractors must be currently registered (have an active registration) in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (http:/www.sam.gov) and registered in the VetBiz (https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/) website as an SDVOSB.. Further, Offerors are required to complete their Online Representations and Certifications under SAM.gov prior to submittal of a proposal. All responsible sources may submit an offer in response to the solicitation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the solicitation, which shall be considered by the agency.

The solicitation will be posted to Federal Business Opportunities on or about July 29, 2019