Solicitation for VISN 19 Artifical Limbs Purchase and/or Repair

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION: The Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19 Rocky Mountain Network Contracting Center intends to solicit sources to provide artificial limb services for the Prosthetics Services located at: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO; VA Montana Health Care System, Fort Harrison, MT; VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT; Cheyenne VA Medical Center, Cheyenne, WY; Grand Junction VA Medical Center, Grand Junction, CO and Sheridan VA Medical Center, Sheridan, WY. This acquisition shall be conducted through 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns and shall result in multiple award contracts with one (1) base year plus four (4) option years to the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. This acquisition is being synopsized under the North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code 339113, Artificial Limbs and small business size standard of 500 employees. The solicitation will be issued via FedBizOpps at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Telephone requests will not be accepted. The solicitation will be posted on or about March 30, 2009 with a closing date of April 22, 2009. All potential offerors are reminded that in accordance with FAR 52.212-4(t) all contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database in order to conduct business with the Federal government. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. The website is located at http://www.ccr.gov/. The Government anticipates award of multiple contracts resulting from the solicitation to the responsible offerors whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers in descending order of importance: Technical Capability to include - Facility Accreditation Program of the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc. (ABC), the Accredited Facilities Program of the Board of Certification (BOC), Management Capabilities and Approach that assures prompt and quality service; Past Performance and Price.