V129--Hired Car Patient Transporation Service

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.

No Solicitation is currently available.

All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See Internet Site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 485310, Taxi Service, size standard is $16.5 million. NOTE: Please ensure that System For Award Management (SAM) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement.

Before responding please carefully read and consider the following:

As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html

Description of Services

The VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) has a requirement for non-personnel services contract to provide patient transportation services for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS). The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

Place of Performance: The contractor shall provide transportation service to the following locations which are referred to as standard locations in the price schedule:

Palo Alto Medical Center

3801 Miranda Ave

Palo Alto, CA 93404

Menlo Park Medical Center

795 Willow Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Livermore Medical Center

4951 Arroyo Road

Livermore, CA 94550

San Jose Outpatient Clinic

5855 Silver Creek Valley Place

San Jose, CA 95138

Stanford University

450 Serra Mall

Stanford, CA 94305

San Jose Airport

1701 Airport Blvd

San Jose CA 95110

San Francisco Airport

San Francisco, CA 94128

Other locations will be paid per mile at a rate that will be referred as non-standard locations in the price schedule. The overall geographic area covered by this contract will be Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Livermore, San Jose, Monterey, Capitola, Fremont, Stockton, Modesto, and Sonora.

Contractor Qualifications:

Offers shall be considered only from contractors who are regularly established in the business called for and are financially responsible and have the necessary equipment and personnel to furnish service in the volume required under this contract. Contractors shall have been in the hired car (taxi) service business for at least two years. The awardee shall meet any and all requirements of Federal, State or City codes regarding operations of this type of service.

DRIVER: Record of each employee as to character and physical capabilities of performing the duties of driver must be maintained by the contractor and made available for inspection by the Government upon request.

VEHICLE REQUIREMENT: The hired cars under the terms of this contract shall be licensed and shall meet the minimum vehicle requirements as mandated by the State of California Vehicle Code.

Capability Statement

The Government requests that only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their capability information to the Contract Specialist, Olivia Duarte by email at: olivia.duarte@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM Pacific Time, March 30, 2023:

(a)Â Business Size (Large/Small)

(b)Â Business Socio-Economic Status (SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.)

(c) SAM record (www.sam.gov)

(d) VIP record (SDVOSB/VOSB firms only) (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/)

(e)Â DUNS number

(f) Ability and experience in managing similar projects. Include general information and technical background describing your firm's experience on contracts requiring similar efforts to meet the program objectives.

(g) List of Projects (Government and Commercial) that are similar in scope and size.

(h) Anticipated Teaming Arrangements (if any)

(i) GSA Contract Number if applicable.

(j) Copies of certificates/licenses as identified above under Contractor Qualifications

Interested parties shall not submit more than 10 single-sided, type-written pages using 12-point font or larger. Published literature may be any number of pages.

The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision. Â Â Â Â

*Failure to provide the information requested above (items (a) (j)) will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered a viable source.

DISCLAIMER

This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice.