V225--ELP Wheelchair Transportation Services - Extension
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 36C25726R0001
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 17
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 485991 Special Needs Transportation
- Place of performance
- El Paso VA Health Care System 5001 North Piedras Street El Paso, Texas 79930, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 17, is soliciting proposals for non-emergent wheelchair transportation services serving the El Paso, Texas area and surrounding Community-Based Outpatient Clinics. The contractor must provide all vehicles, personnel, management, supplies, equipment, and reporting necessary to deliver 24/7 wheelchair transportation services, including weekends and holidays. Key contract requirements include maintaining a 97% on-time performance standard (within 15 minutes of scheduled pickup times), 97% incident reporting compliance, 95% invoice accuracy, and driver qualifications including valid licenses, one year of driving experience, clean driving records, tuberculosis testing, and first aid/oxygen certification. All transportation requests must be coordinated through the VetRide Vendor Portal or VA-approved software, with invoices submitted electronically within 30 calendar days of service. The offer due date is February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM CST, with vendor questions due by January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM CST; the updated Performance Work Statement and conformed solicitation documents were posted January 27-28, 2026.
This is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) under FAR 19.14, with no current incumbent identified as this represents a new requirement for the VA. The contract is structured as a single-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with a 60-month ordering period (April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031) following a 30-day mobilization period after award, with a contract minimum of $10,000 and maximum of $1,800,000. The solicitation uses NAICS code 485991 (Special Needs Transportation) with a size standard of $19 million and anticipates approximately 50-70 one-way trips per weekday based on historical data showing 1,800 wheelchair trips completed in Fiscal Year 2025. The place of performance is the El Paso VA Health Care System located at 5001 North Piedras Street, El Paso, Texas 79930, serving over 534,800 veterans across El Paso, Hudspeth, Dona Ana, Alamogordo, Presidio, and Culberson counties in Texas and extending into New Mexico counties including Las Cruces.
Notice text
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1/27/2026: Questions and Answers have been posted and the updated PWS. (A copy of the conformed solicitation will be posted 1/28).
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The contractor shall provide all vehicles, personnel, management, supplies, equipment, and necessary reporting for the provision of non-emergent wheelchair transportation services. The contactor shall make these non-emergent wheelchair transportation services available to the VA as needed, 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24/7), including weekends and holidays. The Government intends to award an IDIQ and all quantities are estimates.
See PWS for more details. NAICS 485991 with a size standard of $ 19M. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All businesses eligible to provide this service are encouraged to reply. All vendors must follow insructions in the solictation. Send responses to Contracting Officer: Astrid McKinney at astrid.mckinney@va.gov and Contract Specialist: Mariangie Rios Vazquez mariangie.riosvazquez@va.gov Only electronic responses via email will be accepted. Responses in the email subject line shall read: 36C25726R0001, Offer Response
Update #1 ·
This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations.
Market research is being conducted by the Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 VHA Regional Procurement Office-West (RPO-W). This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government.
This notice is intended strictly for Market Research purposes. This requirement is for Wheelchair Transportation Services primarily from the El Paso, Texas area and their Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). This area is currently serving over 534,800 Veterans within the following counties: Hudspeth, Dona Ana, Alamogordo, Presidio, Culberson, El Paso, TX. See DRAFT PWS for more details.
The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification/socioeconomic status (service-disabled veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, women-owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), small business or large business, relative to NAICS 485991 with a size standard of $ 19M. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on System for Award Management (SAM.gov), Contract Opportunities, or on GSA E-Buy at a later date.
All businesses eligible to provide this service are encouraged to reply, as this information may be used to determine potential set-asides for this requirement.
If interested in participating in this sources sought notice, fill out the attached 36C25726R0001 Sources Sought Questionnaire.
Send responses to Contracting Officer: Astrid McKinney at astrid.mckinney@va.gov
Only electronic responses via email will be accepted. Responses in the email subject line shall read: 36C25726R0001, Sources Sought Notice Response.
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| V225--ELP Wheelchair Transportation Services - Extension | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Wheelchair Transportation Services for El Paso, TX. | Pre-Solicitation |
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