SERVICES: Water Purification Services for Sterile Processing

Description: SERVICES- Water Purification Services for Sterile Processing
The purpose of this amendment to solicitation 36C24819Q0539 is to: provide the Governments response to Requests for Information/Questions from industry.
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Description: SERVICES- Water Purification Services for Sterile Processing
The purpose of this amendment to solicitation 36C24819Q0539 is to: Provide industry with Site Visit information. Please reference the attached documents and include the signed SF30 0001 along with any other documentation being requested within the solicitation.
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Description: SERVICES- Water Purification Services for Sterile Processing- TIERED EVALUATIONS
SOLICITATION NOTICE OF TIERED EVALUATIONS
This procurement is set-aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C. 8127.
TIERED EVALUATIONS INCLUDING LARGE BUSINESS CONCERNS: This solicitation is being issued as tiered evaluation with the following tiers: (1) SDVOSB concerns, (2) VOSB concerns, (3) small business concerns with HUBZone small business concerns and 8(a) participants having priority; and (4) large business concerns. If award cannot be made, the solicitation will be cancelled, and the requirement resolicited.
This is a Combined Synopsis Solicitation for commercial items and will be conducted in accordance FAR Part 13 (FAC 2019-01). This acquisition is being conducted using a tiered evaluation method of quotes, also known as a cascading evaluation of quotes. This type of solicitation is considered a set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns.
A tiered or cascading order of precedence for evaluating quotes is specified in the solicitation/Request for Quote document. If no award can be made at the first tier to a SDVOSB, evaluations will continue at the next lower tier until award can be made.
Veteran owned concerns must be certified in the VIP system at the time of the receipt of quote (solicitation due date) as indicated in the Request for Quote (RFQ) document. Quoters shall fully complete, sign, and submit the attached RFQ document and include any additional documentation being requested therein.
The purpose of this Solicitation is to acquire Water Purification Services for Sterile Processing. It is the intention of the Government to solicit via RFQ 36C24819Q0539, NAICS Code: 333318 in accordance with all terms, conditions, provisions, specifications, and schedules of the solicitation and award a contract on a competitive basis. The contract resulting from the solicitation shall be a Firm Fixed Priced contract.
In an effort to meet the green initiative, documents and all correspondence shall be submitted electronically via email. Each email shall not be more than five (5) megabytes in size. Quotes or any correspondence submitted to the Government by any other means other than emailed will not be accepted.
The electronic solicitation is hereby announced on this 26th day of the month of March 2019. The quoter shall be responsible for downloading all solicitation documents/amendments from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website (www.fbo.gov) without further notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Interested firms must be fully registered and active in the SAM database www.sam.gov. All correspondence and any and all questions must be submitted via email to: Ogniel.Alvarez@va.gov, the Contracting Officer.
All Requests for Information (RFI s) or questions must be received by the Government via email only prior to the 18th of April 2019.
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