V225--ALS/ BLS ambulance services - CWM healthcare system

This is an amendment to update the solicitation timeline for solicitation 36C24121Q0180, ALS/BLS Ambulance Transportation Services for the VA Central Western MA Healthcare System, Northampton, MA.

The Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office One (NCO 1) intends to

release solicitation 36C24121Q0180 for Acute Life Support (ALS), Basic Life Support (BLS) Ambulance Transportation Services for beneficiaries of the VA Northampton ,Central Western MA Healthcare System. Services will include the provision of ALS, and BLS Ambulance transportation to beneficiaries located in Central and Western Massachusetts as well as occasional trips to, Boston, VT, CT and RI. The full solicitation will be posted on the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://beta.sam.gov on or about November 15, 2021.

Performance period will be 365 calendar days after award, with four 1-year option periods. This

is a pre-solicitation notice synopsizing an upcoming request for quote (RFQ) solicitation to

satisfy the requirements of FAR 5.201 and 5.203. All questions should be directed to the

Contract Specialist, who will consolidate all questions and release a FAQ amendment (if

necessary) once the solicitation is released. All interested parties should register via the SAM

portal at https://sam.gov/SAM to be eligible for participation in the solicitation. It is the

responsibility of the offeror to monitor and download amendments from SAM which may be

issued to this solicitation. Prospective firms must be registered in the system for award

management (www.sam.gov) and in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database on Vet Biz

(www.vetbiz.gov) if claiming Veteran preference prior to award. This solicitation will be released as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.