Teleradiology Services - Miami

The Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VAHCS), located at 1201 NW 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 requires contractual services to provide teleradiology services to eligible beneficiaries of the Miami VAHCS. Services shall be provided offsite at the Offeror's location. The Offeror shall furnish all necessary hardware, software, connections, labor, including specific teleradiology workstations and supervision to provide the service in support of the Miami VAHCS as specified within the performance work statement (PWS).

The service shall be provided in accordance with current Veterans Affairs (VA) guidelines, policies and procedures. The Offeror must have an accreditation that must meet The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and must perform the required service in accordance with those standards. All contract radiologist(s) shall be board certified in Diagnostic Radiology Medicine by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology (AOBOR).

The Authority for this procurement is the Department of Veterans Affairs Directive 1663 implementing provisions of Public Law 104-262, the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, which expands VA's health care resources sharing authority in Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) Sections 8153 (sharing authority).

The anticipated period of performance for this contract will be from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016 with a base year with three (3), one (1) year option periods. The solicitation will be for commercial items prepared in accordance with the subparts of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 and evaluated in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 15. The solicitation document will be issued as Request for Proposal (RFP) VA248-15-R-1820. The procurement will be a 100% Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 621512 with a size standard of $15.0 million. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on or about August 26, 2015 at the FedBizOpps (FBO) website: https://www.fbo.gov

It is anticipated that the closing date for submission of proposals will be September 14, 2015 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). Any amendments or additional information issued to this solicitation will also be available at the FBO website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendments or additional information.

All questions must be submitted in writing to the following e-mail address: Ginette.Nolan@va.gov. Please submit your questions after the solicitation has been posted. No telephone responses will be accepted.