V225--Bronx Ambulance Services

Action Code: This is a pre-solicitation notice.

Date: 6/15/2021

Contracting Office Address:

James J. Peters

Bronx VA Medical Center

130 W. Kingsbridge Road

Bronx, NY 10468

Classification Code: This procurement is classified as V- Transport, Travel, Relocation

Important: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.2- Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the Request for Quote (RFQ) at a later date.

Description: The RFQ is planned to be issued in June 2021. The Proposal due date is tentatively planned for July 12, 2021. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 621910, Ambulance Services, and the annual size standard is $16.5 Million. The planned procurement method is Simplified Acquisitions competed solicitation. The solicitation utilizes source selection procedure using comparative analysis, which require Offerors to submit a non-price proposal that includes past performance, experience information, and a price proposal for evaluation by the Government.

The resulting contract is planned to be a firm-fixed price (FFP) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract term will be a base period of 12 months with four 12-month options. Only the base period of the contract will offer a minimum guarantee.

This procurement is to provide Ambulance services for Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advance Life Support (ALS) and Specialty Care Transport provided 24 hours, 7 days per week, 365 days per year for eligible beneficiaries of the James J. Peters Bronx VAMC and its three Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in White Plains, Yonkers and Queens. The vehicles, personnel and services rendered will conform to all federal, state, and local statues, laws, codes rules and regulations; including, but not limited to those required by the State of New York, Department of Health Emergency Medical Services Program. The Contractors MUST be authorized to provide ambulance services in the state of New York.

The procurement consists of one solicitation with the intent to award a single contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the RFQ, will be most advantageous to the Government resulting in the best value, price and non-price factors considered using comparative analysis source selection process. Offerors are advised award may be made without discussions. Therefore, the Offerors should submit proposals which contain their best terms.

This is an IDIQ contract with pre-established fixed price unit prices. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer, or his/her properly authorized representative, who will issue written task orders to the

contractor. Award of task orders will be on a firm fixed price basis.

Set-Aside Status: The proposed contract is unrestricted; no set-aside is established.

Additional Details:

THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO

HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Offerors can view and/or download the RFQ and attachments at https://www.beta.sam.gov when the RFQ is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at beta.sam.gov. This will be the only method of amendment

distribution; therefore, it is the OFFERORS RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION.

Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement