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General Information

Document Type: Presolicitation Notice

Solicitation Number: VA260-16-Q-0734

Classification Code: V - Transportation/Travel/Relocation: Travel/Lodging/Recruitment Taxicab

Set Aside: Small Business

NAICS Code - 485310- Taxicab Services

Contracting Office Address

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 20, 960 Broadway Avenue, Ste. 460, Boise, ID 83706, UNITED STATES

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 20, is soliciting proposals (RFP) for the Seattle VA Medical Center, Puget Sound Health Care System. The Puget Sound Health Care System has a need for both taxicab passenger service and package pick-up and delivery service. Both services shall require the contractor to provide door to door service including accompanying the VA beneficiary from the door of the pick-up point to the door of the destination. Service for packages shall include but not be limited to: blood supplies, serums, x-rays, medical records. This method of transporting these package items shall only be utilized whenever other established means of shipment, such as mail shuttle are not feasible. The Contractor is responsible all necessary travel, supervision, labor, materials, and services. The solicitation will result in a single award contract. The contract will be for a basic period of one (1) year with four (4) option years. The North American Industry System code is 485310 and the small business size standard is $15.0M. This is a commercial acquisition; therefore, award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. This acquisition is a competitive small business set-aside.



Other information for vendors is listed below:



1) Registration requires a D-U-N-S Number from Duns and Bradstreet and may take up to three weeks to process. Recommend registering immediately in order to be eligible for timely award. Vendors must have a valid D-U-N-S Number. Request a D-U-N-S Number from Duns and Bradstreet on the web at http://www.dnb.com/get-a-duns-number.html



2) Register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and complete the Online Representations and Certifications Application in SAM as stated in the solicitation. Vendors can access SAM at http://www.sam.gov.

The solicitation will be issued on or about August 8, 2016 via the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov. Any amendments will be posted on FBO as well. Paper copies of the solicitation and amendments will not be mailed and no telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted.



Anticipated response date is 5:00 p.m., MT, August 29, 2016.



Point of Contact(s):

Diana Curl, Contracting Specialist, Phone (208) 429-2031, E-mail: diana.curl@va.gov