Special Needs Transportation

Added: Oct 24, 2013 3:26 pm The Charlie Norwood Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Augusta, GA has a need for a new contract to provide non-emergency transportation for wheelchair and sedan transportation services to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center (Uptown, Downtown, Aiken, SC, Statesboro, GA and Athens, GA), One Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6258. The contractor shall provide all qualified personnel, vehicles, global positioning system (gps), communication devices, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to provide contracted supplies and services, unless specified as provided by the Government. Services include, but are not limited to: the transportation of patients to or from any designated location within the defined service area, to include county to county transports and within county transports for wheelchair or sedan services. All transports will be between VA facilities and/or between the VA facility and a facility that provides care under VA auspices (i.e. Contract Nursing Home, Community Outpatient Clinics,) and/or between the home of the beneficiary receiving travel services and the VA facility. Specifications/Statement of work/Performance Work Statement will be included in the solicitation. This is a commercial acquisition. The solicitation will be a request for quote and will be issued as a 100% small business set aside with a primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of 485991 and a size standard of $14M. The entire solicitation will be made available on or about 01 December 2013 via the FedBizOpps.gov website located at https://www.fbo.gov. The required response date will be stated in the solicitation. Please note the response date listed with this pre-solicitation notice is not the actual due date. The actual due date will be stated in the solicitation. The solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-69. It is the responsibility of the offeror to review the web page for notice of amendments, updates or changes to the solicitation. No hard copies will be mailed. All potential sources must obtain a DUNS number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to transact business with the government. Failure to obtain a DUNS number and register in SAM may result in the delay of award of a contract or possible award to the next otherwise successful offeror who is registered in SAM at the time of award. The anticipated period of performance will include one twelve-month base period and four twelve-month option periods.